AccuWeather Creates New Index to Measure and Quantify the Severity of Heat Waves
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Wednesday, June 21, 2023
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa., June 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- AccuWeather®, the undisputed leader in Superior Accuracy™ in weather forecasting and the most innovative weather source, announced today the creation of a new heat index to help people better understand the severity, intensity, and duration of heat waves: the AccuWeather HeatWave Counter and Severity Index™.
Key Points:
- Heat waves on average kill more Americans than any other type of severe weather such as tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, and lightning, and yet heat waves do not get sufficient attention.
- Part of the inattention has been the lack of any measurement to quantify the extent and severity of heat waves.
- The newly developed AccuWeather HeatWave Counter and Severity Index™ will quantify heat waves by duration and intensity.
- The AccuWeather HeatWave Counter and Severity Index™ will be used on the AccuWeather Network, on some of the television stations that carry the Exclusive AccuWeather Forecast, and will be used as the basis for reports on heat waves on AccuWeather.com and the AccuWeather app.