Data set of hand, foot and mouth disease and main meteorological factors at county level in Shandong Province, China, 2015-2019

Data on HFMD cases were extracted from the China Information System for Disease Control and Prevention (CISDCP). The diagnosis of HFMD was based on the clinical criteria in the HFMD Control and Prevention Guide provided by the Chinese Ministry of Health (Li et al. 2018). As a notifiable disease, all probable and confirmed HFMD cases must be reported online to CISDCP using a standardized form within 24 hours of diagnosis.The monthly meteorological data were obtained from China Meteorological Data Sharing Service System (data.cma.cn/).