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The heat index in several areas of the Philippines rose to levels of 42 °C (108 °F) to 51 °C (124 °F). [25] On 28 April, a heat index of 53 °C (127 °F) was recorded in Iba, Zambales, the highest in the country so far in 2024. [26] As of 18 April, authorities had logged 34 heat-related illnesses.
In the Philippines, temperatures reached up to 37 °C (99 °F), [39] while the heat index rose to 48 °C (118 °F) in Butuan on 21 April – the highest in the country so far for 2023. [40] A power cut at a secondary school resulted in nearly 150 students being affected by heat stroke; two students were rushed to a hospital. [39]
Highest heat index: In the observation above at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, the heat index ("feels like" temperature) was 81.1 °C (178.0 °F). [ 199 ] Highest temperature with 100% relative humidity : A temperature of 34 °C (93 °F) with 100% relative humidity in Jask , Iran , on 21 July 2012.
The country's weather agency said the heat index - the actual temperature felt by the body to include relative humidity - is expected to remain at a record 45 degrees Celsius (113° Fahrenheit ...
Heat indices have hit 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) in various regions in the Philippines, as the weather phenomenon El Nino intensifies the heat enveloping the nation in its summer ...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Southeast Asia was coping with a weekslong heat wave on Monday as record-high temperatures led to school closings in several countries and urgent health warnings ...
A generalized view of the heat index showing how the perception of heat by the human body increases with temperature but more rapidly at higher humidity levels. The heat index of a given combination of temperature and humidity is defined as the dry-bulb temperature which would feel the same if the water vapor pressure were 1.6 kPa. Quoting ...
The current official highest registered air temperature on Earth is 56.7 °C (134.1 °F), recorded on 10 July 1913 at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley in the United States. [1] For few years, a former record that was measured in Libya had been in place, until it was decertified in 2012 based on evidence that it was an erroneous reading.