Re:Canada weather: Dozens dead as heatwave shatters records
by xroche on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @09:30AM
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It's the wet bulb thermometer reading (temperature read by a thermometer covered in water-soaked cloth over which air is passed). At 35°C it is considered lethal for humans after a couple of hours.
> Wet bulb thermometer readings are significantly lower than the more familiar dry bulb readings, which do not take humidity into account. Researchers say that at a wet bulb reading of 35C, the body can no longer cool itself by sweating and such a temperature can be fatal in a few hours, even to the fittest people.
> Wet bulb thermometer readings are significantly lower than the more familiar dry bulb readings, which do not take humidity into account. Researchers say that at a wet bulb reading of 35C, the body can no longer cool itself by sweating and such a temperature can be fatal in a few hours, even to the fittest people.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people...