What Is the Heat Index? What To Know About the Metric During a Heat Wave

NYT > HealthThursday, July 2, 2026Jul 2

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“The metric of how hot the air actually feels has roots in a 1979 journal paper called “The Assessment of Sultriness.””
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What Is the Heat Index? What To Know About the Metric During a Heat Wave

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