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Subject: Does relative humidity affect how cold a person feels?

Date: Tue Sep 9 15:11:08 1997
Posted by Bert Brid
Grade level: grad
School: No school entered.
City: Miami State/Province: FL
Country: USA
Area of science: Earth Sciences
ID: 873835868.Es
Message:

Please settle an argument.

My friend Valdi is from Iceland, and he claims that he feels warmer when it's say 50 degrees in Iceland, than when it's 50 degrees here in Miami. He says it's because there's less humidity in Iceland.

I disagree since I know that humidity makes you fell warmer than it actually is on a hot day. Likewise I maintain that more humidity would make you feel warmer than it actually is on a cold day. Thus, Valdi should feel colder, not warmer, when there's less humidity.


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