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. 2020 Jan 6;130(2):559–561. doi: 10.1172/JCI135006

Figure 1. The National Weather Service heat index.

Figure 1

The heat index is a measure of how hot it really feels when relative humidity is factored in to the actual air temperature. The red zone without numbers indicates extreme danger. Temperature °F = (°C × 1.8) + 32. Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service (15).