Editor's note: This story was originally published in June of 2022. Goodness gracious, it's hot in south Louisiana, but is it really 110 degrees like your car thermometer says? No, you shouldn't trust ...

It has become the summer equivalent of the once ubiquitous food pics on social media feeds during this sweltering summer of record temperatures that has made triple-digit heat index readings routine.

GREENSBORO, NC -- It’s a question we often find ourselves asking during the day, what’s the temperature outside? How hot or how cold is it? Now many of us probably pull out our smart phone and pull up ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) – We’ve all done it a time or two or three on hot summer days. Jump in the car and oogle over the temperature shown on our dashboard display. But did you ever stop and wonder ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – You turn on your car in the blazing summer sun and it says 110 degrees, but the forecast called for a high of 95 degrees. Was the meteorologist wrong? Is the sensor at the ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- This week temperatures in the Triad are hitting the mid-nineties, but your car could be telling you it's even hotter. Most cars these days have 2 sensors: one inside and one ...

TYLER, TX (KLTV) - Have you ever been driving and wondered if the temperature on the dash is correct? Known as the ambient temperature sensor, every car in the U.S. has one. "Where they are putting ...

Those photos of dashboard temperature gauges that pop up on social media feeds when it’s hot out — “111 degrees?! Whaaaaaa” — are a bit misleading. Yes, it’s hot out, and it’s been humid recently too.

Sure, it’s steamy out there. But it’s not as hot as your car thinks it is. That’s because you and your car thermometer feel different things, according to meteorologist Jan Null of Saratoga’s Golden ...