India is becoming a case study in how rising temperatures can undermine productivity and growth in nations that still rely heavily on physical labor.
India is becoming a case study in how rising temperatures can undermine productivity and growth in nations that still rely heavily on physical labor.
If the humidity really were a 100%, the dew point was at 36° and water was condensing on your clothes. With a relatve humidity of 100% the Wet-bulb temperature is the same value and thus well above the level where sustained exposure (multiple hours) is lethal even to young and healthy people. Wikipedia lists only three instances where such conditions have been measured (so far).
The weather forecast said at that time of bight it would be 36°, so I guess it was the humidity that was lower.
I sat still for a while at the mid-point of my walk, and I’d guesstimate I was sweating at about the same rate it was evaporating. The moment I started walking again I was getting wetter.