How hot is it inside your hat?

[rlk]

1912 Clothier & Furnisher

 

[Hoyt Clagwell]

Makes perfect sense to me! Now, what's a Mortar Board?

 

[MikePotts]

Makes perfect sense to me! Now, what's a Mortar Board?

This is:

my Masters wore these (at least for morning assembly) in the 1960's

MP

 

[Fletch]

The question is, what's the humidity inside your hat? Mine approaches 100% even on the driest, coldest days.

 

[zetwal]

Interesting experiment, thanks for posting ... :yo:

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Will be at my nieces wedding this afternoon it will be in the
90's so I will be doing this experiment today.

 

[Thunderball]

Sounds like wet bulb temperatures inside the hat.

 

[Chuck Naill]

Interesting that there is not that much different between the straw and felt.

 

[Hoyt Clagwell]

This is:

my Masters wore these (at least for morning assembly) in the 1960's

MP

Thanks Mike.

 

[J.B.]

The question is, what's the humidity inside your hat? Mine approaches 100% even on the driest, coldest days.

:amen:

It's not the heat, it's the humidity.

eace:

 

[scottyrocks]

I think that the order in which the hats were worn is a variable not accounted for. Also, as the sun moves across the sky, the heat will be felt differently. I don't know, however, if that would impact the temperature under a given hat although the external temperature supposedly remained the same.

A good way to replicate this experiment with better accuracy would be to use a temperature and humidity controlled room, and do one hat per session, with each hat would be worn for the same amount of time, on the same person. This would eliminate the variable of the body getting and remaining warmer the longer the person was exposed to the heat, from one hat to the next.

 

[randooch]

Activity level is crucial for me. I can sit on the porch working the Saturday NYT crossword puzzle in the burning sun in a black, fully lined homburg and be just fine. But if I try walking the dog a block in the same heat I become a cartoon character, mopping sweat off the brow every 2 minutes.

Same goes for straws, whether panama or not.