What is the hottest temperature that a human can survive without dying? I’ve heard people are in certain parts of California and it 122 degrees Ferenheit. Is it physically possible for a human body to withstand that type of heat?
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Before he really gets started, everyone is different, and some people are more vulnerable to heat death than others. The very young, the older and disabled people tend to be more sensitive to extreme heat.
It’s usually a combination of heat and humidity that kills you. The term wet bulb temperature refers to a combination of heat and humidity that is non-compatible with human life. At 95°F and 100% humidity pretty much everyone dies after several hours without interventions. The hotter it gets the lower the humidity can be, and it can still kill.
See the more humid the air the more difficult it is for your body to cool itself by sweating. Humans sweat when they are overheating and when that sweat evaporates it cools your skin. The higher, the humidity, the slower sweat evaporates and at 100% humidity. The sweat just clings to your body and actually starts to insulate you which is really bad when you’re overheating.
The lower the humidity the higher that temp can go before death. I mean people live in parts, the world, where it regularly gets above 120°F but that’s because the humidity is very low.
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