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Table 1 Environmental parameters (temperature, relative humidity, temperature humidity index, wind speed, and solar radiation) at Giza city, Giza governorate, Egypt during the study timeline (W1-W7; July and August 2021)

Environmental parameters	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7
Temperature (^oC)	38.00 ± 3.36	36.9 ± 0.89	38.04 ± 0.84	38.71 ± 1.31	40.11 ± 1.39	38.9 ± 0.89	38.4 ± 1.21
Relative humidity (%)	48.50 ± 0.35	55.51 ± 0.43	55.01 ± 0.51	56.75 ± 0.64	46.52 ± 0.49	59.5 ± 0.71	61.25 ± 0.91
Temperature humidity index	88.4 ± 1.32	88.5 ± 0.96	89.9 ± 1.23	91.2 ± 0.83	90.5 ± 0.75	92.2 ± 0.65	91.9 ± 0.37
Solar radiation (W/m²)	925 ± 65	895 ± 54	955 ± 63	973 ± 46	951 ± 36	1012 ± 117	987 ± 87
Wind speed (m/s)	3.32 ± 0.82	2.87 ± 0.49	3.45 ± 1.20	3.41 ± 0.88	3.01 ± 0.81	2.80 ± 0.72	3.07 ± 0.55

Data is presented as weekly means ± standard deviation. W/m² = Watts/ square meter; m/s = meter/second. Temperature humidity index = (1.8*T + 32) – {(0.55 − 0.0055*RH) (1.8*T − 26), considered as T and RH for ambient temperature (^oC) and relative humidity (%), respectively [14]

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