During the hot, humid summer months, meteorologists often discuss the heat index instead of the actual air temperature. But how is the heat index calculated, and why is it more important than the air ...

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 ...

MICHIGAN, USA — July has been a warmer-than-usual month so far, and even warmer air is on the way. A couple of comfortable and seasonable days are expected on Monday and Tuesday. Highs early this week ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...