Gah I feel like an idiot. Does anyone know what the Temperature Index on ABC indicates?

[BrunoPuntzJones]

I just found out, feel like a moron.

I never have been able to figure it out. I see the weather at night and sometimes a temp index will be in the 300F range, while another day it may be 600F.

Was driving me nuts. Just found out what it is. Grrrr.

 

[Eli]

So what does it mean?

 

[silverpig]

Altitude?

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

I've been watching for a couple of years and just never got it.

It doesn't mean a damn thing. It's just made up.

 

[Chaotic42]

It actually has *some* meaning...

 

[TNTrulez]

"I finally spoke with Ronnie Riece who is the only person there during the daytime. She is the daytime producer for ABC World News Now. She asked me if I was familar with the show, I said no. She then went on to explain that the shows is on early in the morning and isn't exactly the most serious news show. The temperature index has been on the program for a few years now. Its purpose is to poke fun at the other indexes that people don't understand. She said there is an actual mathematical formula that only one person knows and computes using data from several cities. She also said that its just for viewers to see that if the index goes up its going to be hotter and if it goes down its going to be cooler."

Hahahah.