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by nwhatt 1458 days ago
Here’s a great explainer about what Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature measures: https://youtu.be/S7X4DxjO0Qk
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Thanks for link. I've had hard time convincing my Swedish friends how same Temperature in Tokyo (RH around 80% now) is not comparable to the dry, windy Stockholm summer weather (even with record breaking temperatures a couple of years ago that momentarily put the temperature above Tokyo). I'll send this when they doubt it next time.
It is funny to me that this very thread has people writing personal accounts about temperature and not wet bulb temperatures.

30C in dry Arizona will not have the same effects on one’s body that 30C will in a humid Florida.

I would have thought this was more obvious to Swedish people, on account of experience with saunas. A 45°C Turkish sauna/steam room feels about comparable to a 80°C Finnish sauna (~10% humidity). And of course the way to make any Finnish-style sauna feel hotter is to pour some water over the rocks, increasing humidity.
You just need to them explain how sweat works. Sweat evaporate -> cool skin -> cools internal temp. Humidity high -> sweat no evaporate -> internal temp increases.