Step outside in downtown Charlotte on a summer afternoon and you'll immediately encounter a wall of radiating heat. Drive just a few miles toward the outskirts, and the temperature drops noticeably.

North and central India are in the grips of an intense heatwave with daytime temperatures pushing past the 44°C mark. This extreme heat is not even sparing urban air-conditioned bedrooms at night.

A heat dome is bringing high temperatures to much of the Midwest this week and they’re being worsened by humidity that is, at least in part, caused by moisture being released from crops—or “corn sweat ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – We see a lot of interesting weather events during severe weather season in KELOLAND. Though not everything results in a spectacle of meteorological wonder. From severe ...

About 41 million people in the U.S. live in urban heat islands, where city topography elevates temperatures by at least 8 degrees Fahrenheit, according to an analysis published Wednesday by Climate ...

William Gallus is a professor of atmospheric science at Iowa State University. A heat dome occurs when a persistent region of high pressure traps heat over an area. The heat dome can stretch over ...

Heat transfer in non-equilibrium systems departs from the classical picture of instantaneous diffusive smoothing of temperature gradients. Instead, it embraces finite speeds of thermal propagation, ...

High temperatures can make us miserable. Research shows they also make us aggressive, impulsive and dull. By Dana G. Smith In July 2016, a heat wave hit Boston, with daytime temperatures averaging 92 ...