Humidity doesn’t just make you feel sticky and uncomfortable – it also creates extra dangerous conditions on hot days.

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 ...

The heat index, or apparent temperature, combines air temperature and humidity to indicate how hot it feels to the body. High ...

“Generally, about 1 to 3 inches of rain fell in the immediate area, with 3 to 6 inches in our east and southeast suburbs,” the Capital Weather Gang wrote. “Peak wind gusts reached about 30 to 40 mph ...

While it may be an uncomfortable subject, the rising number of heat-related deaths in the United States is a growing concern.

July 2025 sizzled as July's typically do, given that the month from a climate standpoint is the warmest of the year. This July, however, was warmer and much mor ...

The National Weather Service has issued an extreme heat watch, warning that as temperatures rise into the 90s, heat indices could eclipse 105 degrees.

High humidity and heat return mid-week. This combination will send heat index values into the low 100s for a couple days.

Much of the East was exempt from the heat dome on July 22 as residents in this suburb of Washington, D.C., saw temperatures drift into the 60s overnight with little humidity.

The heat index, which factors in both air temperature and humidity, will climb past 100 degrees for many Hoosiers due to extremely high dew points. Readings in the mid to upper 70s (and even a few low ...