Florida's heat rules come from the legislature, not only from the association. The statute tells the FHSAA to set the thresholds — and tells schools exactly how the reading has to be taken.
Fla. Stat. § 1006.165(2) (s. 2, ch. 2020-91) directs the FHSAA to make heat-stress training available to member schools, to establish guidelines for monitoring heat stress, and to identify the levels at which a cooling zone must be available for every outdoor contest, practice, workout or conditioning session.
It also requires the association to "Require member schools to monitor heat stress and modify athletic activities, including suspending or moving activities, based on the heat stress guidelines."
And it fixes the scope in one sentence: "The requirements of this paragraph apply year-round." There is no fall-only or preseason-only reading of this law.
This is the sentence that decides whether a forecast can be your reading in Florida: "Heat stress must be determined by measuring the ambient temperature, humidity, wind speed, sun angle, and cloud cover at the site of the athletic activity."
Note what it does not say. The statute never uses the term WBGT — it names the five variables a WBGT is computed from, and requires them measured where the activity is happening.
So a forecast — including this site — is not a Florida-compliant reading, however close it lands. Plan tomorrow's schedule here; take the reading at the site, as the statute words it.
On cooling zones the statute is specific: "Establish requirements for cooling zones, including, at a minimum, the immediate availability of cold-water immersion tubs or equivalent means to rapidly cool internal body temperature when a student exhibits symptoms of exertional heat stroke and the presence of an employee or volunteer trained to implement cold-water immersion."
And it reaches the emergency action plan: "Require each school’s emergency action plan, as required by the FHSAA, to include a procedure for onsite cooling using cold-water immersion or equivalent means before a student is transported to a hospital for exertional heat stroke."
Training is annual and personal: "Each athletic coach and sponsor of extracurricular activities involving outdoor practices or events shall annually complete training in exertional heat illness identification, prevention, and response, including effective administration of cooling zones."
Every quotation above was read from the Florida Senate's statute text on 2026-08-10. Fla. Stat. § 1006.165 (2025) — Well-being of students participating in extracurricular activities; training
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