That pavement is hotter than you think. OutdoorScore tells you how many minutes your dog’s paws can safely touch it — and turns live conditions into one 0–100 score for whatever you’re heading out to do.
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Built dog-first by a Certified Industrial Hygienist, with every recommendation traced to a published source
Asphalt runs 40–60°F hotter than the air, and a 75°F afternoon can push pavement past the burn threshold. OutdoorScore shows how many minutes paws can safely touch the surface right now, from published burn-threshold research.
When pavement hits caution and danger today, and when it cools back off — so you can plan the walk instead of guessing at the door.
Choose asphalt, concrete, or grass. The difference is real: concrete has measured 104°F where asphalt hit 124°F in the same conditions.
A timed seven-second ground test for when you want to check yourself, plus live paw safety on your Lock Screen so the answer is there before you pick up the leash.
Tell OutdoorScore how long you walk and when you’re free, and it names the safest window — fifteen minutes at lunch is a different answer from ninety after work.
Checks NASA satellite fire detections near you and warns when wind is carrying smoke your way, often before the air quality number catches up. Pollen too.
Cabin temperature projected at 10, 30, and 60 minutes — for the errand you were about to call quick.
Canine heat strain plus cold guidance for paws and short-coat breeds, alongside exertion limits, hydration, UV, storms, and pressure for the human profiles.
Keep the spots that matter — home, the park, a job site, a trailhead — without re-entering them every time.
Review past scores and spot the patterns in your own routine, so recurring walks and sessions get easier to plan.
OutdoorScore is designed for different users and different stakes, not just a generic weather glance.
Paw-safe pavement contact time
Exertion heat limits and hydration
Kid-sized sun and heat windows
Work/rest guidance for outdoor crews
Wildfire smoke and downwind alerts
Storm, UV, and pressure awareness
Readable recommendations, not raw data overload
Apple Watch app and widgets
One clear verdict instead of five weather tabs
Burn risk, paw-safe contact time, and canine heat strain — the profile the app was rebuilt around. Cold guidance covers paws and short-coat breeds too.
Sun exposure and short-session heat and cold windows sized for kids, who handle both differently than adults do.
Exertion heat limits, hydration guidance, and air quality — whether to move the session earlier, shorten it, or take it inside.
Heat and cold stress, hearing risk, and work/rest guidance drawn from OSHA, NIOSH, and U.S. Navy heat-stress standards.
A straight comfort, UV, storm, pressure, heat and cold read when you just want conditions without a recommendation.
NASA satellite fire detections, distance to the nearest fire, and whether you’re downwind — often ahead of the AQI number.
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OutdoorScore estimates surface temperature from live conditions and your chosen walking surface, then compares it against published burn-threshold research to give you minutes of safe contact right now. It also shows when pavement crosses into caution and danger today, and when it cools off again.
Because the difference is large and easy to underestimate. In the same conditions, concrete has measured 104°F where asphalt hit 124°F. Asphalt can run 40–60°F hotter than the air, which is why a 75°F afternoon can still burn paws.
Five: Dogs, Weather, Exercise, Kids, and Worker. Each weights the same live conditions differently, because a generic forecast tells a runner, a parent, a dog owner, and an outdoor worker the same thing when the right answer differs.
Weather from Apple Weather via WeatherKit, air quality from AirNow, and fire detections from NASA satellite data. Recommendations trace to published sources — OSHA, NIOSH, CDC, EPA, NWS, AAP, AVMA, and U.S. Navy heat-stress standards.
Yes. Tell OutdoorScore how long you walk and when you’re free and it names the safest window ahead. You can also set a reminder for when you usually head out, and it opens straight to that day’s conditions.
Yes, with widgets, so you can check conditions from your wrist before heading out.
No. Scores are informational and don’t replace official alerts, workplace requirements, or veterinary or medical advice. It was built by a Certified Industrial Hygienist and Certified Safety Professional to make published exposure guidance usable at the front door — not to diagnose anything.
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