Summer is approaching and with it will come the hours of exposure to the sun. Obviously, sun exposure is not harmful as long as it is done in moderation. The problem comes when this exposure is prolonged and especially when it is done in hours or days when the UV index is very high. Well, Apple helps you to know the days when UV radiation is highest within the Weather application of your iPhone or iPad.
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Exposure is harmful to the skin, especially due to UV radiation, which causes the burning of certain layers of the skin, causing irritation and redness. In addition, if the sun exposure is carried out over a long period of time, the risk of skin cancer increases..
However, not every day, even if it is sunny, there is the same risk of UV radiation and therefore of burning the skin. To classify the days in terms of their greater or lesser radiation, the international community has agreed a radiation index to classify the days and the risk of said radiation.
In this way, the different levels of ultraviolet radiation will be grouped as follows:
- Low UV index: from 0 to 2
- Moderate UV index: from 3 to 5
- High UV index: from 6 to 7
- Very high UV index: from 8 to 10
- Extreme UV Index: 11 or more
Obviously, the higher the radiation, the greater the sun protection we should use or even the greater the amount of time we should avoid prolonged contact with the sun. The problem is that it is not always easy to know what UV radiation index we are at at any given time or throughout the day..
In addition, generally this information is not yet displayed by many of the meteorological parts to which we have access. However, what many users do not know is the possibility of knowing the UV index through the weather app, default on Apple's iOS devices.
That said, below we show you how the UV index of any place in the world knows thanks to the Weather application of your iPhone or iPad :
How to know the UV radiation in a specific place from your iPhone
All you have to do is open the Weather application on your iPhone or iPad and add the city or town of which you want to know the UV radiation index at that time. When you have added it, all you have to do is select it from the list..
When the meteorological information of the selected place is shown on the screen, you will have to scroll the screen from the bottom to the top in order to access more detailed information about the weather that we can expect. Here you will have access to information such as: Sunrise and sunset, probability of rain, humidity or probability of rain.
Among this information you will also find the aforementioned UV index. This information will guide you to how is solar radiation and therefore take some protective measure for your skin.
To put a downside to this function we must say that we will only get instant information and not a prediction of the future. In this way we will not be able to know if the UV radiation will be higher or lower with several hours in advance.
