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158ºF or 70ºC in Southern Iran last Sunday (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by Zerush@lemmy.ml 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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[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 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.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 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.

[–] Oaksey@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Is hot but Washington Post article says the temperature in recent weeks has got as high as 51C and all time max is 54C. Where are you getting 58C from?