Source: Washington Post.
It's been an uncomfortable week here in LA. It's 90 with a 34% humidity. Not as bad as yesterday but for someone who feels uncomfortable with any temperature above 68 F, it's bad. I supposed I should be greatful I don't live Iran where the temperature is 115 F and a dew point of 90 (ours is 58) which create an off the scale heat index of 165. Ours at the time of this writing is 98 F (36.7 C).
So, how bad it is to fee like that? The heat index measure how our bodies fare under the temperature and humidity. There is a Heat Index table that goes up to 137 F. So, to get to 165, it has to be a combination of extraordinary conditions of heat and humidity. See, on a hot dry day, your body can perspire to cool off. On hot humid days, you cannot cool your body as effectively. And the heat index is a measure of how your body would feel.
From NOAA.
So, for the 165 F in Iran, we're talking about a temperature of 115 F and humidity of 90. A bad combination that would fry anyone if you're not careful. In fact, NOAA indicated on its website that any area without a number is just a bad, bad environment to be in. So, asn you can imagine, air conditioners are a must in the Middle East.
This is mostly a mobile blog and you'll notice that I regularly complain about battery life, how Apple should stop making the iPhone thinner and just stick in a bigger battery, and related power issues. Well, heat is a close second. Yeah, at the risk of making a lot of readers upset, well, I hate summers. There, I said it.
It's been an uncomfortable week here in LA. It's 90 with a 34% humidity. Not as bad as yesterday but for someone who feels uncomfortable with any temperature above 68 F, it's bad. I supposed I should be greatful I don't live Iran where the temperature is 115 F and a dew point of 90 (ours is 58) which create an off the scale heat index of 165. Ours at the time of this writing is 98 F (36.7 C).
So, how bad it is to fee like that? The heat index measure how our bodies fare under the temperature and humidity. There is a Heat Index table that goes up to 137 F. So, to get to 165, it has to be a combination of extraordinary conditions of heat and humidity. See, on a hot dry day, your body can perspire to cool off. On hot humid days, you cannot cool your body as effectively. And the heat index is a measure of how your body would feel.
From NOAA.
So, for the 165 F in Iran, we're talking about a temperature of 115 F and humidity of 90. A bad combination that would fry anyone if you're not careful. In fact, NOAA indicated on its website that any area without a number is just a bad, bad environment to be in. So, asn you can imagine, air conditioners are a must in the Middle East.
This is mostly a mobile blog and you'll notice that I regularly complain about battery life, how Apple should stop making the iPhone thinner and just stick in a bigger battery, and related power issues. Well, heat is a close second. Yeah, at the risk of making a lot of readers upset, well, I hate summers. There, I said it.
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