Table 2.

Average daily temperature (T), relative humidity (RH), and temperature-humidity index (THI) in the facility in which animals were housed.¹

Period	Item	Mean	SEM	Minimum	Maximum
1	T, ºC	15.1	0.04	10.6	19.8
	RH, %	42.4	0.35	23.0	91.8
	THI	58.8	0.05	52.3	64.0
2	T, ºC	16.3	0.06	11.3	21.0
	RH, %	43.0	0.35	21.6	81.3
	THI	60.2	0.07	54.4	66.3
3	T, ºC	19.3	0.07	13.6	25.8
	RH, %	56.3	0.35	30.3	88.2
	THI	64.6	0.10	56.9	73.9
4	T, ºC	20.8	0.06	14.8	26.1
	RH, %	68.5	0.28	39.1	90.5
	THI	67.3	0.09	58.4	75.9
5	T, ºC	21.6	0.03	18.8	24.8
	RH, %	70.2	0.23	44.8	89.3
	THI	68.7	0.04	64.4	74.5
6	T, ºC	24.7	0.04	20.8	30.6
	RH, %	72.7	0.21	56.6	99.1
	THI	73.7	0.06	67.3	81.9

SEM = standard error of the mean.

THI = (0.8 × T) + {RH × [(T – 14.3)/100]} + 46.3, as per Amundson et al. (2006).

¹Measures were averages of readings in two locations every 30 min.