Abstract
BackgroundGalicia, in northwest Spain, experiences warm summers and winters. However, the higher relative humidity that prevails the whole year through and the location of the summer hot points are related to real weather heat stroke in the hottest season. However, Planet Global Heating was recently analyzed for the climate in Galicia. Climate change was found to be able to trigger effects that involve a new situation with new potential regions of risk. In this paper, 50 weather stations were selected to sample the weather conditions in this humid region, over the last 10 years. From these results, new regions with a potential for heat stroke risk in the next 20 years were identified using the humidex index.ResultsResults reveal that during the last 10 years, the winter season presents more comfortable conditions, whereas the summer season presents the highest humidex value. Further, the higher relative humidity throughout the whole year reveals that the humidex index clearly depends upon the outdoor temperature.ConclusionsGlobal Planet Heating shows a definite effect on the outdoor comfort conditions reaching unbearable degrees in the really hottest zones. Therefore, this effect will clearly influence tourism and risk prevention strategies in these areas.
Highlights
Galicia, in northwest Spain, experiences warm summers and winters
Climatic data Climatic data was sampled in 50 weather stations located in the important places in Galicia, as indicated in Figure 1 indicated as white points
These meteorological stations show recorded variables such as temperature, relative humidity and wind speed, among others, with a sample frequency of about 5–10 minutes. These weather stations were selected for this study as they avoid buildings and other parameters that could interfere with the sample data, according to the ASHRAE 2005 [14] measuring conditions, as well as their temperature and relative humidity with an error of ±0.1°C and 1%, respectively
Summary
In northwest Spain, experiences warm summers and winters. The higher relative humidity that prevails the whole year through and the location of the summer hot points are related to real weather heat stroke in the hottest season. 50 weather stations were selected to sample the weather conditions in this humid region, over the last 10 years. From these results, new regions with a potential for heat stroke risk in the 20 years were identified using the humidex index. Galicia, located in the northwest of Spain enjoys mild climate, mainly influenced by the Azores anticyclone, Iceland depression, and central Europe thermal anticyclone.
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