And The Heat Index Makes It Feel Like....Do We Really Need To Know This?

Well I feel a bit better now. Here where I am in Florida the feel like is a 101. Oh yeah nice isn't it? Where is the wind chill factor when we want it though? That's the real question. I feel like I could melt with this heat. Even with a/c on it's hot in the house just not as hot as outside.

Yeah I can remember living on the eastcoast and it getting really hot for like 2 weeks, maybe 3 weeks and then going back to normal weather. Living here in Texas we have been HOT since March with the temperature rising to the mid-90's and with the heat index it putting us up over 100 degrees. Lately we have been drenched with rain and the humditity is awful that goes along with it, so it is alot of days of staying indoors and running the air conditioner on 72 degrees. Be well, my friend!

I saw you open a *hate summer* club.Please let me say that I'll be the queen of the club.I don't thing anyone can hate the summer more than me.I fell like ill all the summer. I have headaches,my feet in terrible pain.|I fell like the blood in my feet is boiling,my nose open and run blood if the sun find me anywhere and I don't need to say anything about my sensitive white skiin..... And YES I don't like hear anything more about the heat wave is enough that I fell it hear about it too?NO WAY !!!!

As a Texan, you do really need to know this because the heat can affect you like it feels in the heat index. If its really only 95 you can do things that you really shouldn't do at 105. Just like the wind chill factor makes it more dangerous to be out when its -10 instead of 20 above.

I'm in Maryland so my weather is unfortunatley the same as yours. Darn this lame east coast weather! I don't usually watch the news and listen to the whole heat index thing. I have HDTV so I watch those lovely HD local channels that just show you the temperature...so I know it's going to be a high and a low of ..whatever and that's it. However, sometimes I do read the weather online and see it's like "95 feels like 102" YAY!!!!!! Ugh. I hate the summer.

I'm near Chicago, and it's HOT here too. I think it's about 95 degrees. I don't know what the heat index is though. When I used to live in Wisconsin, I used the heat index and the wind chill to give me bragging rights. For example, I tell people that my high school cancelled school for a week because the wind chill was -70 (it's true, too). With the wind chill, you always get kudos for surviving the northwoods. The heat index may just be designed to make us suffer. :)

Well Im pretty close to you so Im in the same heat wave. And I hate it. And I know you do to.LOL But what are we going to do? Im just staying inside in my air conditioned house. And Im loving it.LOL My last house didnt have central air but this one does. And I dont really care about the heat index. LOL I think only the poor people that have to work outside in this care.

I don't mind them telling me. Actually I like knowing them. IMO I'd rather know what the temperature outside feels like than to know what it actually is. I think it's especially important for those with children and also for the elderly too. This way they know not to go out or only for a short amount of time. Here it's been pretty hot too. Right now at nearly noon it's 85 degrees and the heat index is 89 degrees. I'd imagine it will be nasty hot later. YUCK!

I like to know the heat index. It is very humid here and that raises the heat index several degrees. We got up to 93 today with heat index of 104. I'm in southern Louisiana. It's been being 96-98 with indexes up to 112. I always like to guess what the temp is with heat index.

This weather makes Alaska look better and better. I have 3 days off..and the next 3 days that are supposed to be hot and humid and nasty and that will be at night..and worse during the day. I hate summer...I want it to be October...I want it so much, I have already started my Christmas shopping.

Hi Pyewacket, To tell you the truth I havent watched the news in quite a while. Here in the Seattle area we've had highs in the eighties all last week and I guess its supposed to get in the ninties by Wednesday. When I want to know the weather forcast I just go to weather dot com and they have the forcast. Keep cool, Terry

I'm assuming the "heat index" is the humidity reading? I think half the reason it "never used to be this hot" is because we were never reminded about the humidity the way we are now. Same with the wind chill factor. The other half of the reason is the prevalence of air conditioners these days. Of COURSE! it'll seem too hot outside if we're freezing inside. And all that humidity? The air conditioners pump it out of the house, into the outside air. Before air conditioners, the humidity and temperature was basically the same inside and out, so we didn't notice it as much. Men wore suits and women wore hats, gloves and stockings. And they survived. Sure, it was hot, but it was summer and it was supposed to be hot. Nowadays, people think it should be cool in summer (and warm in winter). Studies have shown that keeping the indoor temperature constant the year round contributes to human obesity. We NEED to be hot in the summer and cold in the winter if we don't want to store up fat. But you're right. We don't need to know anything more than the actual temperature. 95° is hot whether it's humid or dry out.

well..it's like i used to say when i lived in arizona..everything after 95 doesn't matter.it just plain sucks LOL i think they only tell us to make us feel worse;) it's been kind of humid today..though not as bad as some days.my poor fluffy cat is bumming though.

Lol...how true, we are already miserable why not just shoot us in the foot. I do like to know about the wind chills in winter, because it tells me if I need a sweater or sweatshirt under my jacket. But with heat there is nothing to do, since I can't take anything off without being indecent it would be nice if they kept the information to themselves.

it is only when you measure the index or are told of the heat indexthat the heat really starts to bother youmore its all a state of the mind which in turn affets the body.

Gotta love those newscasters- Weather men- : ( how often are they actually right- I’m in NY also- and it is a scorcher- Looking for some relief today- Only in the high 80’s- but thunderstorms and rain coming- I can’t wait- Cool us off- It was in the high 90’s the last 3 days- ARGH!! I was in Niagara Falls from Sunday until yesterday- it was hot there too- but at least we had the breeze from the water- I love the heat index- lol- ok I know it’s hot- but what is the temperature- I don’t care what it feels like- I know what 90 and humidity feels like- Like CRAP- Just tell me the temp!

I'm cold Pye, so cold. I have on shoes and socks, jeans, a t-shirt, sweat shirt, and a thicjk jacket and I have goosebumps. There is icy air circulating around my feet. It's bright and sunny outside but there is an icy breeze blowing fairly strong, sometimes in gusts. I could put the heater on but it's like burning dollar notes. Brr. Put a damo rolled up teatowel in the freezer and bend it when it's fruzzed, bend it around your neck..stays cool and cools your blood. Sit with a fan on you and spray cool water from a spray bottle on the bits the fan is hitting.

In the UK it feels more like winter at the moment, with all the rain we have had. Send a little sunshine to us please hun :-)

Personally, I don't need to know it, but maybe people with health issues need to know it so they can prevent themselves from suffering more than they need to. As far as temperature goes, it impacts everyone differently. Some people love the heat, while others can't tolerate it. I'm at a point in my life where I cannot tolerate either extremes in temperature; hot or cold. Because of my sensitivity to the heat, it makes no difference to me what the temperature is. I can be uncomfortable at a temperature that others can easily tolerate so I ignore that information altogether.

Basically, it is very much depend upon the temperature status of the area where buildings are close together and how much greenery including trees and grass. It also has something to do with the ultraviolet rays from the sun and in the North region where you live, the air is thick. Where I am now, in the Southern region state (Mississippi, if you not familiar with the state), it is very much thunderstorms and rain, but the temperature can often rise between 91 to 97 degrees. The humidity is high as well. Whenever it is not raining, the heat index sometimes reaches up to 100 and above.