Tanning on cool vs. hot day?

Question

Do people get any less tanned when it's a cool day outside? Like today is 75 degees, will I get less tanned when I'm outside vs. when it's 100 degrees outside? Or does it not matter what the temp is, just matters how much the sun is out?

I read few of the answers, thank you, really helps.

So basically, the temp doesn't matter at all. the UV can still be high on a cold day and be low on a hot day, right?

Answer 1

Tanning is a form of damaging the skin with a type of energy called UV radiation. The consequence is that the skin produces pigment melanin to compensate. (So, I don't really approve necessarily.)

Curiously, the amount of pigment caused on a hot or a cold day is negligible -- you can get a suntan out on a skiing in winter. The factor which changes the amount of melanin is the UV.

However, I note a warner day will increase your chances of sunburn. (Heat is a different energy.)

Do be careful out there! And do use your PABA/sunblock.

Answer 2

What matters is how much ultra violet waves hit your skin. So, haze/cloud cover can diffuse it (but not eliminate it), location matters (the sun in panama is stronger than the sun in alaska), and time of year, because that affects the angle of the light coming in. The higher the sun is in the sky, the more direct the rays. But no, temperature doesn't matter.

Answer 3

The higher the UV index the darker the tan.

Answer 4

if its cloudy you'll get more tan. the clouds block the good uv rays and deliver the bad which in turn allow you to get a better tan on those days

Answer 5

depends on the cloud cover. how i know when to tan is this:

http://wwwa.accuweather.com/forecast-current-conditions.asp?partner=accuweather&myadc=0&traveler=0&zipcode=91104&metric=0


If the little thing is a 6 or higher, you'll get tan. it measures the UV rays. Hope i helped!!!


-Catherine

Answer 6

it's really only about the sun & the cloudiness of the day.

people get burned skiing sometimes.