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10. It's the "heat index", which involves humidity, not the temperature.

Mon Jul 17, 2023, 08:01 AM

Jul 2023

While the humidity may have a small effect on thrust (slightly denser air?), I doubt it affects it much.

https://www.weather.gov/ama/heatindex

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Iran airport reports a heat index of 152 degrees F [View all] milestogo Jul 2023 OP

Heat index, not actual, but still whoa! Blues Heron Jul 2023 #1

Thank you. milestogo Jul 2023 #3

40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) and 65% humidity muriel_volestrangler Jul 2023 #11

What have we done to the planet. applegrove Jul 2023 #2

Actually Timewas Jul 2023 #4

Yup. Meanwhile the right wing oligarchs think their money will applegrove Jul 2023 #5

We're dooming other species more than ourselves Silent3 Jul 2023 #6

That's only until they run out of Otto_Harper Jul 2023 #7

no guarantee of that at all Blues Heron Jul 2023 #8

We're far, far from Venusian levels of overheating Silent3 Jul 2023 #13

THAT big a feedback loop problem can be ruled out Silent3 Jul 2023 #15

Are you a geophysicist? Blues Heron Jul 2023 #17

Are you? Silent3 Jul 2023 #19

True but Elessar Zappa Jul 2023 #16

who said anytime soon - the point is we are in uncharted territory Blues Heron Jul 2023 #18

It's the "heat index", which involves humidity, not the temperature. muriel_volestrangler Jul 2023 #10

Combination Timewas Jul 2023 #20