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It'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.
by ars 6y ago
It'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