Monday, June 6, 2011

FEVER IN THE AIR AT 36.4O C, HUMIDITY MADE IT HOTTER


By Francis Earl A. Cueto, Manila Times

SUNDAY was scorching hot for many Filipinos as state forecasters said that they recorded the second hottest temperature for the year at 36.4 degrees Celsius—equivalent to a slight fever as normal human body temperature is at 36o C.

But according to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the humidity may have made people feel an equivalent of up to 43 degrees. [ FULL STORY ]