Comment 25987

By lynnaquin (registered) | Posted July 18, 2008 at 00:29:46

The mountain temperature posted by the weather underground is consistently 3 degrees cooler than the downtown and I believe Environment Canada averages those two and one in the Dundas area to arrive at the posted humidex level. The 40 humidex trigger was determined using young, male, American soldiers and Environment Canada states that "it did not meet the needs of urban populations." So why are we still using it? Since a Hamilton Public Health community health status report states that "71.8% of Hamiltonians over the age of 12 report having a chronic health condition", we should be using a much lower trigger than healthy, fit, young men.

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