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 ...

Conditions are hot and humid in Michigan and getting hotter as the week goes on. Forecasters often refer to the heat index as a way to measure the "feels like" temperature. Here's a look at what that ...

"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 ...

Temperatures this week are some of the hottest we have seen the entire year now as we get to the end of July. This is a perfect opportunity to explain what the Heat Index is and how it is all ...

Temperature is one of the primary factors in every weather forecast, but when we get into the dog days of summer, it’s just not that simple. We have to use something called the “heat index” to ...

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 ...

The official start of summer is on the horizon and it's bringing dangerous heat with it. With New Jersey expected to have a hot summer, it's good to know how to prepare for the weather. According to ...

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, 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 ...