And heating oil futures rose to the highest level in more than a year as cold weather was reported across much of Europe, China and the United States.
Hot and cold weather were reported by 68.6 and 15.7% of patients, respectively.
The price of gas around Europe has risen sharply due to increased demand as a result of the cold weather and reports of reduced supply from Russia.
During cold weather, people reported experiencing cough, fever, and influenza, as well as pneumonia and emerging infectious diseases such as dengue and Japanese encephalitis.
Thirty-eight of the 48 eruptions occurred within 5 years of 37 of the episodes of cold weather, the researchers report online this week in Environmental Research Letters.
U.S. chain store sales posted a gain in the latest week, helped by spring merchandise and demand for cold weather clothing, a report said on Tuesday.
The number of Americans lining up for an initial week of jobless benefits took an unexpectedly sharp tumble last week from a level elevated by cold weather, a government report showed Thursday.
There's a lot of bad things in the world today: North Korea being grumps, cold weather, The Colbert Report going off the air.
The desk clerk at my hotel gave me the weather report: cold drizzle, brisk winds and short, dark afternoons.
According to the players who reported weather as having an affect on FT 72% (23/32) reported that wet weather had the most significant affect, 19% (6/32) reported hot weather, and 9% (3/32) reported cold weather.
