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Table 3 Climate data

From: Reduced paediatric hospitalizations for malaria and febrile illness patterns following implementation of community-based malaria control programme in rural Rwanda

 

December 2005–January 2006

December 2006–January 2007

Average daily high temperature (°C)

24.29

25.22

Average daily low temperature (°C)

7.04

3.99

Average daily temperature (°C)

15.67

14.6

Cumulative rainfall (cm)

135

127

Average daily humidity (%)

68.79

74.9

  1. Temperature, humidity, and rainfall data for December and January of the pre-intervention and post-intervention periods are shown. Data were obtained from the national weather station in Kayonza, the weather station closest to Rwinkwavu. Results were not available for February 2007 so these data are limited to December and January in the pre- and post-intervention periods.