HEATINDEX

Heat index

The heat index or humiture or humidex is an index that combines air temperature and relative humidity in an attempt to determine the human-perceived equivalent temperature—how hot it feels. The result is also known as the "felt air temperature" or "apparent temperature". For example, when the temperature is with very high humidity, the heat index can be about

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heat index

Noun

  1. A figure used by American meteorologists to describe the apparent heat felt by a person as the result of a combination of temperature and humidity.


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