The Bureau of Meteorology's temperatures differ from those that may be shown in your car or on your phone. Here's how the "official" temperature is measured.

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 temperature. Since heat index values were devised for shady, light wind ...

The heat index, or apparent temperature, combines air temperature and relative humidity to indicate how hot it feels. High humidity slows sweating, the body's natural cooling system, making ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The lower half of the United States is sweltering under a heat dome, with nearly 85 million Americans from South Dakota to Texas ...

A heat dome is impacting a large portion of the U.S. with extreme heat warnings, watches, or advisories. The entire state of Florida is under a heat advisory, with heat index values expected to reach ...