Although our environment helps our brain make decisions about how to thermoregulate, it isn’t directly determining your finger temperature all by itself. This builds even greater confidence that Oura temperature is reflecting you, not your surroundings and that many factors, including time of day, your stress levels, your hormones, your activities, and your sleep contribute to this unique signal.

Below are two examples of the clear difference between Oura Ring temperatures and environmental temperatures surrounding these individuals throughout their days.