Extech HW30 Heat Index Monitors – Style (Humidity Meters): Portable, Type (Head Index Monitors): Stop Watch, Heat Index Display: Yes

HeatWatch Stopwatch

The HW30 is a must-have tool for monitoring Heat Index levels, which can help protect outdoor workers and athletes from various heat-related illnesses – everything from heat rashes and heat cramps to heat exhaustion and heat stroke – during oppressive hot weather or stifling indoor conditions.

Why Is Heat Index Important?

The National Weather Service devised the “Heat Index” (HI), (sometimes referred to as the “Apparent Temperature”) as a measure of human-perceived equivalent temperature – how hot it really feels in degrees Fahrenheit – when air temperature is factored in with relative humidity. For example, if the air temperature is 95°F and the relative humidity is 65%, it actually feels like it is 119°F. Outdoor supervisors and coaches are charged with safeguarding the well-being of their workers and players. This includes monitoring environmental conditions to prevent people from from succumbing to the effects of heat stress, especially during outdoor activities taking place from late spring to early fall.

Key Features

Recommended by the National Health & Wellness Club, the HeatWatch is a fully functional digital stopwatch that factors both temperature and humidity to display the Heat Index. The HW30 includes a user-programmable Heat Index alarm.

Applications

• Track heat-stress risk in hot weather
• Monitor stifling indoor conditions
• Timing of industrial/lab processes
• Timing of sporting events