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 ...

Tonight features an isolated risk for a downpour before midnight. With light winds, recent rainfall and clearing skies, patchy dense fog will form, which could reduce visibilities to below a quarter ...

TODAY Humidity will remain high, but temperatures will “only” reach the middle 80s. Partly to mostly cloudy skies are expected. Through mid-afternoon, rain chances are highest south of I-94, but a few ...

Heat waves are becoming commonplace, and so too is high humidity, which can strain the electrical grid, hurt the economy, and endanger human health. But the global prevalence of record-breaking ...