08/26/2026
Fall sports are back—but the heat isn’t going anywhere. ☀️
As student-athletes and marching bands return to practices and competitions, managing heat exposure is especially important during some of the hottest weeks of the year.
Heat safety is about more than the temperature on your weather app. Conditions like humidity, direct sunlight, and wind can all affect how the heat impacts athletes and participants outdoors. That’s why more attention is being placed on tools like Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) to help monitor conditions and determine when activities may need to be adjusted.
In Texas, for example, UIL now requires schools to use WBGT during outdoor athletic and marching band practices.
But no matter where you are, the message is the same:
Know the conditions. Have a plan. Make cooling part of it.
From football and tennis to cross country and marching band, Portacool portable evaporative coolers provide targeted cooling in outdoor and open-air environments, helping create places to cool down when temperatures climb.
🏃 Learn more about the new Texas UIL heat protocols: UIL Heat Stress & Athletic Participation https://na2.hubs.ly/H07sg8n0
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