The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human tolerance (2020)

Re:The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human t... by ThinkBeat on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @09:49AM (#28141914)

I have travelled to two countries where heat can hit that temperature, and they do not have the luxury of any AC, or in some cases even a fridge.

A few cities around the world do reach 35 or higher regularly during summer. And in a some of those people have lived for thousands of years.

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Re:The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human t... by capitol_ on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @09:54AM (#28141985)

Wet bulb temperature is not the same as average temperature. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bulb_temperature

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Re:The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human t... by nojs on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @10:08AM (#28142160)

Here is a decent visual explanation of the relationship with relative humidity: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&...

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