ASHLEY: IF YOU GOT OUTSIDE TO ENJOY THIS GORGEOUS DAY CHANCES ARE YOU HEARD A NOISE FROM NATURE. STEVEN: YOU WEREN’T GETTING A GET THROUGH THIS NEWSCAST WITHOUT HEARING THAT CICADAS IN SOME FORM, SO HERE YOU GO. WE’VE BEEN SEEING THE CICADAS BUT NOW PEOPLE AROUND GREATER CINCINNAT ARE REALLY STARTING TO HEAR THEM. CHECK OUT THIS PHOTO FROM OUR VIEWER PAUL, SHOWING THE DECIBEL LEVELS FROM THE CICADAS. REACHING 88.2 AS A MAX THANK YOU FOR SENDING IN THAT PHOTO. TO COMPARE A YALE STUDY ON DECIBEL LEVELS COMPARES THAT NOISE IN PAUL’S LOCATION, TO MORE THAN A VACCUUM CLEANING AT 75 AND JUST ABOUT THE SAME LEVEL AS CITY TRAFFIC AT AT 85. WE’RE NOT QUITE IN THE 100S WHICH IS HOW LOUD A POWER MOWER OR CHAINSAW WOULD BE BUT NOT TOO FAR OFF. MIKE JUST — WE MIGHT JUST HIT THAT 100 OR MORE. PLEASE KEEP SENDING IN YOUR CICADA PHOTOS TO WLWT AND TAGGING US ON SOCIAL MEDIA. YOU CAN SEND PICTURES WITH YOUR LOCATION TO OUR EMAIL, NEWSDESK AT WLW
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How loud can cicadas get? Louder than a vacuum, simply as loud as metropolis site visitors
Up to date: 8:21 AM CDT Jun 1, 2023
For those who go exterior to take pleasure in a stunning day and stay in one of many roughly 15 states the place Brood X cicadas are rising, likelihood is you heard further noise from nature. A viewer named Paul despatched our sister station WLWT in Cincinnati a photograph exhibiting the decibel ranges from the cicadas, reaching 88.2 as a max.A Yale examine on decibel ranges compares that noise in Paul’s location to greater than a vacuum cleaner at 75 and simply above the identical degree as metropolis site visitors at 85.It isn’t fairly within the 100s, which is how loud an influence mower or chainsaw can be, however not too far off.
For those who go exterior to take pleasure in a stunning day and stay in one of many roughly 15 states the place Brood X cicadas are rising, likelihood is you heard further noise from nature.
A viewer named Paul despatched our sister station WLWT in Cincinnati a photograph exhibiting the decibel ranges from the cicadas, reaching 88.2 as a max.
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A Yale examine on decibel ranges compares that noise in Paul’s location to greater than a vacuum cleaner at 75 and simply above the identical degree as metropolis site visitors at 85.
It isn’t fairly within the 100s, which is how loud an influence mower or chainsaw can be, however not too far off.
