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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — As the first heat wave of the season takes hold, people might be hearing a lot about "feels-like" temperatures. For example, WUSA9 meteorologists say at 4 p.m. Monday, the temperature ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...