Indoor Air Temperatures in Ghanaian Hospital Wards

Supplementary files for a study forecasting indoor air temperatures in tropical hospitals to improve patient health and preparedness for extreme heat. The dataset contains high-resolution empirical indoor environment measurements from four hospitals in Ghana, capturing a variety of building types across two distinct climate zones. It was used to develop proof-of-concept forecasting models relating indoor temperatures to outdoor weather predictions.

Use Cases

• Developing heat-health early warning systems based on indoor-outdoor temperature relationships.
• Assessing hospital ward vulnerability to extreme heat based on empirical indoor temperature data.
• Informing climate adaptation strategies for healthcare building design in tropical regions.
• Modeling patient volume surges during heatwaves using forecasted indoor temperature data.

Strengths

• Contains a novel, high-resolution empirical dataset from four hospitals in two climate zones.
• Enabled forecasting models explaining up to 75% of variance in daily maximum temperatures with ~1°C accuracy at 24-hour forecasts.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY 4.0 license, facilitating reuse.

Limitations

• Column names and row counts are not specified in the provided metadata.
• The dataset consists of supplementary files for a paper; its completeness as a standalone resource is unclear.
• The temporal coverage of the data collection is not explicitly stated.

Provenance

Source

Consuela Beauchamp-Davies

Collection Method

Empirical measurements collected from four hospitals in Ghana.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated on 2026-03-24.

Geography

Ghana, specifically hospitals in two distinct climate zones.