The U.S. had its warmest, most humid September on record, the Washington Post reports
The Post has the national picture; the NWS summary shows what the heat looked like on the ground.
The Washington Post reports that the United States had its warmest and most humid September on record. We couldn’t open the Post’s article to check its national figures. The National Weather Service office in Paducah, Ky., reports temperatures 7–8°F above normal across its region, the warmest September on record at Cape Girardeau and Poplar Bluff, Mo., and humidity "more on par with … July".
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Heat index
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How air temperature and humidity combine into how hot it feels, why a humid September feels worse than the thermometer says.
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