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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

As the heat index soars above 100 degrees in the Baltimore region this week, officials are urging workplaces to follow new state regulations for managing high-heat environments in the workplace to ...

An extreme heat warning is in effect until Tuesday, June 24 for parts of southern Connecticut, northeast New Jersey, and downstate New York. The heat index in the Lower Hudson Valley is predicted to ...

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 ...

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 ...