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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you are living in one of many areas of the U.S. currently experiencing a heat wave, your outdoor thermometer may say it's in the 90s, but your local weather station tells you it feels like triple ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — When we talk about hot days here in South Carolina, the temperature only tells part of the story. The real danger often lies in the heat index or the “feels like” temperature. The ...

The lower half of the United States is sweltering under a heat dome, with nearly 85 million Americans from South Dakota to Texas and North Carolina to Florida under National Weather Service extreme ...

Heat index across several parts of Florida could get as high as 105 May 19. Several high-temperature records were broken May 16-May 18. Rain may be possible later this week, but don't expect temps to ...

The heat is on in Alabama, and it's only getting hotter. The heat index is expected to climb sharply from Monday, June 2, through Monday, June 9, pushing conditions into potentially dangerous ...

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 ...

"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 ...