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 ...

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 ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - During a heat wave in the summer, temperature is often compared to the feels-like temperature, or heat index. Heat index factors in relative humidity, which impacts the body’s ...

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 ...

The National Weather Service in Raleigh issued an Extreme Heat Warning for Tuesday and Wednesday, saying that the heat index could reach as high as 115° in parts of our area. Some raw data shows the ...

"It's not the heat. It's the humidity." Sound familiar? I think we're all guilty of saying that at some point between June and September. The heat index isn't just some made-up number to inflate ...

It looks like the sizzling temperatures Jacksonville experienced over the weekend were just preheating the oven. The real scorcher starts today — and will continue through Tuesday. The National ...

NORFOLK, Va. — "Feels-like" temperatures could reach triple digits on Tuesday, prompting a heat advisory from the National Weather Service. When combined with high humidity, the heat index — or what ...

Are you feeling hot, hot, hot? It has been another summer of people in Southwest Florida talking about the heat. By now, most of us are counting down the days to when the TV meteorologist will ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A News19 Weather Impact Alert has been issued for the Palmetto State, not for rainfall this time, but for an extended stretch of dangerously high temperatures starting this weekend ...

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 ...