This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Micki Olson is a senior researcher in emergency and risk ...

The heat you feel outside is rising far faster than the temperature on the thermometer. New research from the University of ...

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 ...

Commercial devices like this are available to calculate the heat index, that is, how hot it actually feels given the humidity. But the algorithm used to compute the heat index breaks down under ...

For this summer, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has predicted hotter-than-average temperatures across the U.S. Summer heat is expected to reach its peak in July, with a ...

Blistering heat and oppressive humidity are expected in the city of Chicago and parts of Illinois this week, with excessive heat warnings and heat advisories going into effect. Forecasters are warning ...

A temperature of over 100 degrees doesn’t paint the whole picture when it comes to determining how hot it feels. The heat index does. What is the heat index? “It is essentially what temperature feels ...

It’s often said that it’s not the heat that gets you; it’s the humidity. We had our first serving of the uncomfortable and ...

The temperature hit a record 104 degrees at Raleigh-Durham International Airport Friday. The heat index was also a record. Travis Long [email protected] The National Weather Service has issued an ...