With an early summer heat wave baking Michigan and the Midwest, residents may notice two temperatures provided with daily forecasts: actual and apparent — or "feels like" — temperatures based on the ...

"It's not the heat, it's the humidity." Actually, it's both, and that's where the National Weather Service's heat index comes in. Also known as the apparent temperature, the heat index is a number ...

The heat index, or apparent temperature, combines air temperature and humidity to indicate how hot it feels to the body. High humidity slows sweating, the body's natural cooling system, making ...

About 10 years ago, deep in my tennis obsession, I played a one-day singles tournament near my home here in North Carolina. It was a brutal day, like a lot of brutal summer days, but I thought if I ...

What does the "heat index" mean and how does it apply to people? -- S.S., Tulsa. The World Almanac and Book of Facts, updated annually, always includes the heat index ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — It was on the hot side on Monday as temperatures neared 90 degrees across the region. Despite the heat, the dew point temperatures stayed in the 50s, making it feel tolerable. While ...

I know in Houston, we hear the term humidity which is used to correlate to how muggy it may feel outside. But what actually is humidity and what does it represent? Humidity is the measurement of water ...

National Weather Service observations at Lehigh Valley International Airport show the heat index entered the triple digits Monday morning. What’s that mean? Well, it’s hot, of course — as anyone can ...

The heat index, or apparent temperature, combines air temperature and relative humidity to indicate how hot it feels. High humidity slows sweating, the body's natural cooling system, making ...

The heat index is a measure of how hot it really feels on your body when relative humidity is factored in with the actual air temperature. Since heat index values were devised for shady, light wind ...