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what about wet-bulb temperature?
by __sy__ 6y ago
what about wet-bulb temperature?
- axaxs 6y agoReally, we should be measuring max temp by wet bulb. There are places that are literally fatal to sit outside in, but Death Valley ain't one of them.
- mirimir 6y agoIf the relative humidity is low enough, it might be 25°C or less.[0] 0) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychrometrics#/media/File:PsychrometricChart.SeaLevel.SI.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychrometrics#/media/File:Psy...
- ars 6y agoIt's an EXTREMELY dry place (around 5%), so the web-bulb temperature is not especially high, an online calculator estimates numbers in the low 30s Celsius.
- bleepblorp 6y agoA wet bulb temperature of 35 Centigrade is fatal within hours even with shade and fan cooling. "Low 30s" wet bulb is a very big deal. Sourcing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bulb_temperature#Wet-bulb_temperature_and_health https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bulb_temperature#Wet-bulb_...
- adrianN 6y agoWell, it's not called "Death Valley" because of the landscape.
- a_square_peg 6y agoBased on reanalysis data, it looks like wetbulb temperature never goes above 25C around Death Valley. Average temperature seems to have gone up by about 2 degrees Celsius since 1980 though, from ~19.5 degC to ~21.5 degC. Ref: ERA5 data & https://climate-explorer.oikolab.com https://climate-explorer.oikolab.com
- ReptileMan 6y agoI will say it like this. I would spend 24 hours in death valley than 2 in Singapore...