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Argentina issues health warnings amid record heat -france24
Suffering under the worst heat wave in more than six decades, Argentina has issued health warnings to nine southern and central provinces, the National Meteorological Service, said Saturday. Buenos Aires residents awoke Saturday to temperatures of 36 C with a predicted high of 38 C, which would be the highest in February in 61 years.

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Argentina issues health warnings amid record heat -france24
Suffering under the worst heat wave in more than six decades, Argentina has issued health warnings to nine southern and central provinces, the National Meteorological Service, said Saturday. Buenos Aires residents awoke Saturday to temperatures of 36 C with a predicted high of 38 C, which would be the highest in February in 61 years.

At first I thought, "What's the big deal? 100 degrees F is hot, but health warnings?"

But then, looking at the article, I see this is the 6th near 40 degree C day they've had this summer (southern hemisphere). And looking at the map, Buenos Aires is a HELL of a long way south of the equator, so more like Canada, re expected temps.

So if you're elderly or sickly and you're used to thinking of 85 degrees F as very hot, then yeah, 100 degrees F would be seen as pretty nasty.

[theluckycountry]

So if you're elderly or sickly and you're used to thinking of 85 degrees F as very hot, then yeah, 100 degrees F would be seen as pretty nasty.

The temperature is not that important, I have worked in 40-C temps and as long as its dry you sweat and cool down. High humidity is the killer. I have had to down tools at 9am, 32-C but 75% humidity. It's a simple fact of biology that most all of the media fail to report, that the human body in hot conditions is cooled by the evaporation of perspiration. If the air around you is nearly saturated with water this can't occur and what would be the latent heat of evaporation, stays in your body.

Drinking heaps of water is useless as well, unless it's super chilled. Though this is the typical media remedy for hot days.

[careinke]

So if you're elderly or sickly and you're used to thinking of 85 degrees F as very hot, then yeah, 100 degrees F would be seen as pretty nasty.

The temperature is not that important, I have worked in 40-C temps and as long as its dry you sweat and cool down. High humidity is the killer. I have had to down tools at 9am, 32-C but 75% humidity. It's a simple fact of biology that most all of the media fail to report, that the human body in hot conditions is cooled by the evaporation of perspiration. If the air around you is nearly saturated with water this can't occur and what would be the latent heat of evaporation, stays in your body.

Drinking heaps of water is useless as well, unless it's super chilled. Though this is the typical media remedy for hot days.

What you are referring to are Wet Bulb Tempetures WBT's here s the WIKI link to explain it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bulb_temperature

A WTB is the temp of a thermometer that is covered with 100% humidity and has no evaporation. This is normally around 35-C where it becomes fatal after just a few hours, because your sweat no longer cools you due to no evaporation.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, in Riyadh with a 10% humidity and 50 - C, I was never colder than getting out of our pool!

Peace