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A sling psychrometer with its cloth-wrapped wet-bulb thermometer alongside a standard dry-bulb thermometer, the classic instrument used to measure wet-bulb temperature by evaporative cooling.

Wet-Bulb Temperature vs. Heat Index: What Actually Predicts Danger

Wet-bulb temperature measures the limit of evaporative cooling, not just how hot and humid it feels. Here is why the number matters more than the thermometer reading.

Climate  · 22 Jul 2026, 04:10  · Maya Calder