Wet-bulb conditions

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Wet-bulb conditions are the point at which humidity and heat reach a point the evaporation of sweat no
longer cools the human body, leading to the death of otherwise healthy persons.[1] Scientists at Lamont–
Doherty Earth Observatory, surveying data from weather stations between 1979 and 2017, found 7,000
instances of these conditions, mostly in South Asia, the coastal Middle East, and southwest North
America.[2]

Wet-bulb conditions occur when relative humidity is above 95% and temperatures are at least 31.1° Celsius
(88° Fahrenheit), or, a wet-bulb temperature of 35° Celsius (95° Fahrenheit).[2][3]

References
1. Chow, Denise (2022-05-07). "Deadly 'wet-bulb temperatures' are being stoked by climate
change and heat waves" (https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/wet-bulb-temper
ature-weather-average-climate-human-heat-wave-rcna27478). NBC News. Retrieved
2022-07-22.
2. Carleton, Audrey (July 7, 2021). "Scientists Studying Temperature at Which Humans
Spontaneously Die With Increasing Urgency" (https://www.vice.com/en/article/93ynm5/scien
tists-studying-temperature-at-which-humans-spontaneously-die-with-increasing-urgency).
Vice. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
3. Raymond, Colin; Matthews, Tom; Horton, Radley M. (May 8, 2020). "The emergence of heat
and humidity too severe for human tolerance" (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PM
C7209987). Science Advances. American Association for the Advancement of Science. 6
(19): eaaw1838. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aaw1838 (https://doi.org/10.1126%2Fsciadv.aaw1838).
PMC 7209987 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7209987). PMID 32494693
(https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32494693). PDF:
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/sciadv.aaw1838 (https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/1
0.1126/sciadv.aaw1838)

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