CLIMATE AND

TEMPERATURE
HUMIDITY INDEX (THI)
Muhammad Gilang Ramadhan
Major in Climatology
CRN 21.16.0016
School of Meteorology ,Climatology and
Geophysic
 OUTLINE
1. Climate
2. Difference Between Weather
and Climate
3. Temperature Humidity Index
(THI)
4. Formula of Temperature
Humidity Index (THI)
5. Case Study of Temperature
Humidity Index (THI)
6. Conclusion
7. Reference
CLIMATE
• Climate is the average weather in
a place over many years. Climate
takes hundreds, thousands, even
millions of years to change.
• Climates can
be classified according to the
average and the typical ranges of
different variables, most
commonly temperature and
precipitation
 Weather and climate
Weather
• Describes the atmospheric
conditions at a specific place at a
specific point in time.
• Real-time measurements of
weather variables
• Weather variables includes
sunshine, rain, cloud cover,
winds, and more.
Climate
• Describes the average conditions
expected at a specific place at a
given time.
• Aggregating weather statistics
over periods of 30 years
("climate normals").
• Climate may include weather
variables over a long period of
time.
Temperature Humidity Index (THI)
• Temperature–humidity index
(THI), combination of
temperature and humidity that is
a measure of the degree of
discomfort experienced by an
individual in warm weather
• originally called the discomfort
index
• It accounts for the combined
effects of environmental
temperature and relative
humidity.
• in the calculation
of Temperature Humidity Index
using the climate parameters
 analysis of the
calculation formula using THI Nieuwolt (1977)

𝑅𝐻 ×𝑇
𝑇𝐻𝐼 = 0.8𝑇 + ( )
500
 RANGE OF TEMPERATURE
HUMIDITY INDEX

• Less 21 – not comfort

• 21 – 24 – comfort
• 25-27 – intermediate
comfort
• More 27 - not comfort
Case Study
• Based on climate data the period 1985 – 2012 Tanjung
Priok, Kemayoran station, Halim,
Cengkareng and Pondok Betung, the results showed an
average percentage of daily comfort
level with categories of uncomfortable 22.1% (81 days
per year), most comfortable 71% (259 days per year)
and a comfortable 7.1% (26 days per year). Shows the comfort
level is getting to the middle of the greater percentage
of uncomfortable.
• Analysis of THI in DKI Jakarta can be used as consideration the
addition of open green space and open space in Jakarta. In addition
It can be used also as a consideration in designing urban and
building design adapts to human comfort settled.
The value of average monthly THI on images
shows a bimodal pattern with peaks at
in May and October, the lowest occurred on THI
in January and July. The average highest THI occurs
near Tanjung Priok and lowest in Halim
Conclusion
• Climate is the average weather in a place over many years.
• Climate is different with weather.
• Temperature–humidity index (THI), combination of temperature
and humidity that is a measure of the degree of discomfort.
• Analysis of THI can be used as consideration the addition of open
green space and open space
Reference
• Fatkhurroyan and Trinah Wati on environmental paper “Analysis Of
The Level Of Comfort In
The Jakarta Index THI (Temperature Humidity Index)”
• www.coolcows.com.au
• journals.ametsoc.org
• www.diffen.com