This year is on track to become Earth’s hottest on record, surpassing the previous record holder 2023. As the world grapples with its failure to act on climate change, temperatures are projected to ...

Extreme levels of heat and humidity are forecast to spread across the country over the next two weeks, blanketing the Southwest, Midwest, and East Coast with high temperatures beginning this June 19 ...

A 30-year-old farm worker in North Carolina died last September on a day that was fairly typical for the state. Temperatures were in the mid-90s and the heat index, which includes humidity, was 96 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Although the heat index is more widely used, the wet bulb globe temperature has many strengths. Have you ever heard of Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT)? It’s not a new term, ...

An oppressive heat dome has gripped the eastern U.S. this week, prompting the National Weather Service (NWS) to issue heat warnings for nearly 170 million Americans. To make matters worse, severe ...

Devices used to measure the wet-bulb temperature include a dry-bulb thermometer, wet-bulb thermometer and globe thermometer. The National Weather Service recommends the wet-bulb temperature for anyone ...

The wet bulb globe temperature, or WBGT, is a fairly obscure meteorological measurement specially used to determine how safe it is for people to do activities outdoors. It is commonly used by schools ...

Sports teams, firms with outdoor workers and the U.S. military all use wet bulb globe temperature to help decide if outdoor activity is safe. Here, a U.S. Navy corpsman checks a device that measure ...