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No 90F in the shade is not hot, only hot out in the sun
That's your opinion. Other people will clearly have different tolerances and opinions on heat.
To me, 90F in the shade is still quite hot, but the humidity will make a huge difference on just how hot it feels.
A dew point of say 70-75F on a 90F day will certainly feel very hot in the shade.
I assume that the 90F is recorded in a shade. Therefore being in the sun feels much hotter than that. Even more if its humid.
Direct sunlight in mid-afternoon on 90F days feels much more oppressive than the reported high temperature. Shade doesn't actually make temperatures cooler. Rather, being in direct sunlight and solar radiation makes the air feel 10 to 15 degrees warmer than it actually is.
BTW: here in Houston, 90F with low humidity, feels actually quite pleasant...
32c in the shade usually feels quite comfortable on a sunny day because the temperature you feel on your skin in sunlight is more like 50c. I put a thermometer on the ground in direct sunlight once on a 33c day and it was reading 57c.
32c in the shade usually feels quite comfortable on a sunny day because the temperature you feel on your skin in sunlight is more like 50c. I put a thermometer on the ground in direct sunlight once on a 33c day and it was reading 57c.
I felt the sun warmth from the windows, inside the plane at 39,000ft/11,887m with -55C/-67f outside (inside around 22c/72f) last March in the Pekanbaru-Jakarta flight.
I felt the sun warmth from the windows, inside the plane at 39,000ft/11,887m with -55C/-67f outside (inside around 22c/72f) last March in the Pekanbaru-Jakarta flight.
Another occasion we had a thermometer hanging close to but not on the wall, about 2m off the ground. It was in spring some time so was probably around 15-20c, but in direct sunlight the thermometer shot up to 42c in about a minute.
No 90F in the shade is not hot, only hot out in the sun
Try being outside for 30 minutes in 90 F shade. If 90 F is hot to you indoors, it'll be hot outdoors too (unless humidity is extremely low and there is wind). (90 F = 32 C)
I think 95 F is the point at which you are basically guaranteed to get sweaty in 30 minutes or less, even in the shade, unless you are soaking wet (such as by pouring cold water on yourself) or have been drinking cold liquids. (95 F = 35 C)
Of course, this is for actual temperature at the time you are outside. No fair being out early in the morning when the afternoon high temperature is 95 F (35 C) and then declaring victory that you did not sweat in 30 minutes!
I was in Phoenix during spring break and it was 95° with something like 6% humidity did not feel hot. In fact if it was 85° here and humid it would've felt hotter
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