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 thought the worst of the summer's sweltering temperatures were behind us, think again. Some schools closed early as the late-August heat wave gripping Ohio brought temperatures not seen in ...
That feels-like temperature can come in the form of wind chill or heat index, so similar scenes can play out during the dog days of summer. The amount of moisture in the air–or humidity–can make 80 ...
Some hot days feel even worse thanks to high humidity, trapped heat and dew points. Cities are especially vulnerable. By Nazaneen Ghaffar Nazaneen Ghaffar is a reporter on The Times’s weather team. It ...
Across much of the world, hotter days are no longer arriving alone. The air itself is changing, sometimes turning from dry ...
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 ...