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by jms 2239 days ago
To help control my sun exposure, I use UV widgets on my dashboard.

They help me know when I can expose as much skin as possible to get gentle exposure everywhere, and when I'll burn in 5 minutes.

It's interesting, the heat of the sun and the actual risk of burning don't seem to be 100% correlated.

I find it really helpful to have actual knowledge of what the sun is doing at any one time, instead of having to guess and under or over exposing myself.

I've listed the widgets I use below for Australia, I'm sure you can find them for your location too.

https://www.arpansa.gov.au/our-services/monitoring/ultraviol...

https://www.cancer.org.au/preventing-cancer/sun-protection/u...