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158ºF or 70ºC in Southern Iran last Sunday (lemmy.ml)

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But percentages in the stock market seem to be more important to efficiently combat climate change.

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[–] Sterile_Technique 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

With a dry air you can support more than 70º (eg in a Sauna), but with high air humidity, which evite the evaporation cooling by your sweat

You got that flipped.

With dry air, your sweat can evaporate. Evaporation consumes energy, and thus has a cooling effect, making high temperatures more bearable/survivable at low humidity.

With humid air (eg in a sauna) your sweat cannot evaporate because the air is already saturated. This deprives you of the cooling effect, making humid conditions feel much hotter; and making it lethal much faster and at lower temps.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I see the confusion. A sauna is not necessarily humid, traditional Finnish sauna are hot but not high humidity. You're thinking of a steam sauna which is high humidity but lower temperature.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauna

[–] Sterile_Technique 2 points 1 year ago

Oh, fair enough. I had no clue that there was even such a thing as a steamless sauna.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Yep.

100f+ degree weather with zero humidity? Sweat evaporates so quickly that with a fan on you or a breeze you can actually feel briefly chilled at times.