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Table 2 Wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT) by time of day in the previous three Summer Olympics and the expected periods of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics

From: Preventing heat illness in the anticipated hot climate of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games

 

00:00

03:00

06:00

09:00

12:00

15:00

18:00

21:00

Tokyo

30 (29–32)

30 (28–31)

30 (28–31)

33 (31–35)

34 (32–36)

34 (32–36)

33 (31–34)

31 (30–33)

Rio de Janeiro

23 (22–24)

23 (21–23)

22 (20–23)

26 (25–28)

31 (27–32)

30 (26–31)

29 (25–31)

26 (24–27)

London

18 (16–19)

17 (15–18)

18 (16–19)

21 (19–22)

22 (21–24)

22 (21–24)

21 (21–24)

19 (18–20)

Beijing

21 (20–25)

21 (20–24)

24 (22–27)

29 (27–31)

31 (30–32)

31 (30–32)

27 (26–28)

24 (22–25)

  1. Median (25th–75th percentile) WBGT (°C) Tokyo: 24 July to 9 August from 2008 to 2017 (dates scheduled for Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics) Rio de Janeiro: 5–21 August 2016 London: 25 July–12 August 2012 Beijing: 8–24 August 2008