It’s called the “wet bulb globe temperature.” This is a cousin of the heat index, or the “feels like” temperature. But although both are temperature metrics that determine heat risk to ...

Their effect on our bodies can be measured through wet-bulb temperature. Wet-bulb temperature (WBT) is a measurement of dry air (or dry-bulb) temperature – what we typically read on a ...

12 for the Houston Independent School District, the University Interscholastic League is recommending that schools use the wet bulb globe temperature after last year’s scorching summer.

The analysis calculated an approximate form of “wet-bulb globe temperature,” a metric that combines temperature, humidity, sunlight and wind. Scientists consider it the gold standard for ...