#REALFEEL TEMPERATURE CALCULATOR SKIN#

The Bureau measures ambient temperature-the actual temperature of the air- using thermometers sheltered from sun and wind. So if you are going to be working or playing outside and you know it’s hot, check the 'feels like' temperature and take measures to avoid heat stress.

#REALFEEL TEMPERATURE CALCULATOR SKIN#

When there is a lot of moisture in the air, though, the rate at which sweat can evaporate from (and cool) the skin is reduced. When we are hot, our bodies sweat to cool us down. In the tropics, there have been examples where the air temperature is 29 ☌ but it feels like 38 ☌! HumidityĪt higher temperatures, wind chill is less significant and humidity plays a greater role in how warm you feel. Even closer to sea level, you might be walking your dog on a 22 ☌ day, so you don’t take a jumper, but the wind chill makes it feel like 15 ☌-quite uncomfortable. In alpine areas, the ambient temperature could be around –1 ☌, for example, but the apparent temperature could be –15 ☌. You have a layer of warmer air around your body that can insulate you from cooler surrounding air wind strips this layer away and allows you to feel more of the cold. In the cooler months, particularly in alpine areas, the wind can make conditions feel much colder than the ambient temperature. There can be a considerable difference between the two. But by taking into account wind and humidity we also calculate ‘apparent temperature’-how warm you might feel. Our instruments measure ‘ambient temperature’-how warm the air is in the shade and sheltered from the wind. Have you ever looked at the recorded temperature for your area and thought ‘It felt colder than that’? You could be right.

Realfeel temperature calculator