%A Liu,Li %D 2021 %J Frontiers in Public Health %C %F %G English %K COVID-19,Infectious Disease,weather-outbreak correlation,Climate and health,temperature,daily new confirmed infections %Q %R 10.3389/fpubh.2020.604870 %W %L %M %P %7 %8 2021-January-18 %9 Original Research %+ Mx Li Liu,Department of Infectious Diseases, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University,Guangzhou,China,liuli@i.smu.edu.cn %# %! Rising temperatures promote COVID-19 transmission %* %< %T Correlation Between Local Air Temperature and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Hubei, China %U https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2020.604870 %V 8 %0 JOURNAL ARTICLE %@ 2296-2565 %X Objective: To clarify the correlation between temperature and the COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei.Methods: We collected daily newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and daily temperature for six cities in Hubei Province, assessed their correlations, and established regression models.Results: For temperatures ranging from −3.9 to 16.5°C, daily newly confirmed cases were positively correlated with the maximum temperature ~0–4 days prior or the minimum temperature ~11–14 days prior to the diagnosis in almost all selected cities. An increase in the maximum temperature 4 days prior by 1°C was associated with an increase in the daily newly confirmed cases (~129) in Wuhan. The influence of temperature on the daily newly confirmed cases in Wuhan was much more significant than in other cities.Conclusion: Government departments in areas where temperatures range between −3.9 and 16.5°C and rise gradually must take more active measures to address the COVID-19 pandemic.