The heat index, or “feels like” temperature, rose to 125 degrees, the hottest ever for the city. That also equates to a dangerous wet-bulb temperature of 87 degrees. In many parts of Texas ...

Unlike better-known metrics such as the heat index, wet-bulb globe temperature illustrates how sun and wind also affect people’s ability to stay cool. Most metrics assess only temperature and ...

Despite the complicated name, the wet bulb globe temperature simply measures the stress of heat in direct sunlight. Unlike the heat index, which factors in humidity with the air temperature ...

As temperatures rise in some parts of the country, the Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration ...

The Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning Garrison, in partnership with US Ignite, installed a network of advanced ...

It tested the 35 °C (95 °F) wet bulb survivability threshold using young, healthy subjects in a laboratory environment. It aimed to determine an accurate critical temperature at which heat ...

Guidelines for the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature Index Heat stress levels will be assessed by measuring the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature Index (WBGT) which takes into account environmental factors such as ...

The country will experience hotter temperatures in the coming weeks, but weather officials predict this year’s heat will be ...

How is the temperature measured? It’s measured by Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT), and not “regular” temperature or heat index. The WBGT is a more involved measurement, which takes into ...