The wet bulb globe temperature scores high marks simply because it’s a comprehensive measurement. It takes into account many factors that the heat index does not, like solar radiation.

Today on Modern Builds, I'm making a stacked plywood desk lamp carved with the Arbortech Ball Gouge. I used a clear plastic globe, typically used for pendant lights as the shade and a cool, spherical, ...

The analysis calculated an approximate form of “wet-bulb globe temperature,” a metric that combines temperature, humidity, sunlight and wind. Scientists consider it the gold standard for ...