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Wet-bulb temperature saw 88x more Wikipedia readers than usual

Wet-bulb temperature drew 54,221 views on 2026-06-23, 88x more than the usual 618 a day over the previous 60 days.

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Wet-bulb temperature

Temperature read by a thermometer covered in water-soaked cloth

88x
54,221 views
usually 618 a day
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Daily Wikipedia pageviews for Wet-bulb temperature
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2026-06-2354,221
2026-06-226,310
2026-06-213,623
2026-06-201,021
2026-06-191,124
2026-06-181,024
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What this article is

The wet-bulb temperature is the lowest temperature that can be reached by the evaporation of water under current ambient conditions. It combines humidity and temperature to better reflect heat stress on humans, as the body's ability to cool itself through sweating is reduced at higher humidity.

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How this was measured

Views are Wikimedia's own pageview counts for en.wikipedia, filtered to agent=user so automated traffic is excluded. The baseline is the median of the previous 60 days, which is used instead of the mean so that an earlier surge cannot flatten a later one. The multiple is the day's views divided by that median.

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