Definition of Heat Index

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Heat Index

The term 'Heat Index' as it applies to the area of the weather can be defined as ' The Heat Index (HI) or the 'Apparent Temperature' is an accurate measure of how hot it really feels when the Relative Humidity (RH) is added to the actual air temperature'.

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