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The heat index misinforms readers

By Nicholas Clairmont

Published August 16, 2023 4:59pm ET

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The heat index misinforms readers — Something called the “heat index” is becoming commonplace, even the norm, in news reports. “Why the heat index matters more than the temperature in a heat wave,” went a CNN headline in July. Also in July, the New York Times issued an explainer to interpret the new scale and terminology that replaced plain old temperature: […]

Something called the “heat index” is becoming commonplace, even the norm, in news reports.

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