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Heat Stress Index: WBGT

Current WBGT and Forecast

 

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(Blue) Almost safe (Sky) Caution (Yellow) Warning (Orange) Severe Warning (Red) Danger
< 21
appropriate water replenishment suggested
21 - 25
water should be replenished often
25 - 28
rests should be provided often
28 - 31
heavy exercise prohibited
≥ 31
exercise prohibited

WBGT monitoring

As of May 15 8:00
Sapporo
13.5
Aomori
16.4
Akita
15.7
Morioka
14.4
Sendai
13.9
Yamagata
15.1
Fukushima
13.8
Mito
14.1
Utsunomiya
13.5
Maebashi
14.7
Kumagaya
14.4
Tokyo
14.9
Choshi
15.8
Yokohama
15.9
Nagano
16.7
Kofu
19.2
Shizuoka
18.8
Nagoya
20.9
Gifu
20.0
Tsu
18.2
Niigata
15.9
Toyama
18.3
Kanazawa
17.7
Fukui
16.5
Hikone
18.1
Kyoto
19.2
Osaka
17.0
Kobe
20.5
Nara
19.7
Wakayama
19.9
Okayama
17.8
Hiroshima
15.3
Matsue
15.9
Tottori
16.0
Shimonoseki
19.5
Tokushima
19.1
Takamatsu
19.4
Matsuyama
20.8
Kochi
20.4
Fukuoka
20.5
Oita
20.2
Nagasaki
19.2
Saga
19.6
Kumamoto
20.2
Miyazaki
20.2
Kagoshima
19.9
Naha
21.9

Daily Maximum WBGT and Forecast

05/1505/1605/1705/15
09
05/15
12
05/15
15
05/15
18
05/15
21
05/15
24
05/16
03
05/16
06
05/16
09
05/16
12
05/16
15
05/16
18
05/16
21
05/16
24
05/17
03
05/17
06
05/17
09
05/17
12
05/17
15
05/17
18
05/17
21
05/17
24
Hikone24242319232419171615162124242118161415192322191816
Maizuru22252117212218151211132225232016131212182121181412
Kyoto25252121232521181717172224252321171314192021191817
Osaka26252319242622202020192325252220191917222322181819
Toyo-oka24242118222419151211121924242014131211182121181512
Kobe24242222232420201918192224242120191817212222191819
Nara24252222242422181717162224252219181615212221202017
Wakayama25252422252321201916152125242120181414222324192020

Note

WBGT index is one of the empirical indices representing the heat stress to which an individual is exposed. (ISO7243)

WBGT varies depending on environmental situation and condition.