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158ºF or 70ºC in Southern Iran last Sunday (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/green@lemmy.ml
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But percentages in the stock market seem to be more important to efficiently combat climate change.

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[–] 16 points 3 years ago (1 child)

What was the actual temperature? Heat index is something different.

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  • [–] [S] 19 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    The real temperature are 58ºC, but relevant is the index, that is, how we percive the temperature. With a dry air you can support more than 70º (eg in a Sauna), but with high air humidity, which evite the evaporation cooling by your sweat, even 50ºC result lethal in a short time, rising corporal temperature over 43ºC. Because of this, it's the index which is the relevant value, not the one shown by the thermometer.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)
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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago*

    I know. There's also this:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bulb_temperature

    But mentioning the actual temperature is less misleading.

    With a dry air you can support more than 70º (eg in a Sauna), but with high air humidity, which evite the evaporation cooling by your sweat, even 50ºC result lethal in a short time,

    Over 90C dry, 50C wet, 10-15 minutes. Longer/hotter if you take dips in cold water to cool down or if you're Finnish. They sometimes go over 100C, they're used to it.

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