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comfort index

Estimate of how tolerable conditions are for humans in hot climates. It is calculated as the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit plus a quarter of the relative humidity, expressed as a percentage. If the sum is less than 95, conditions are tolerable for those unacclimatized to the tropics.



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