Explore Humidex through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Humidex in a sentence
Humidex meaning
A measurement used by Canadian meteorologists to reflect the combined effect of heat and humidity, as the apparent temperature felt by a person.
Using Humidex
- The main meaning on this page is: A measurement used by Canadian meteorologists to reflect the combined effect of heat and humidity, as the apparent temperature felt by a person.
- In the example corpus, humidex often appears in combinations such as: humidex values, the humidex, high humidex.
Context around Humidex
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 5 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Humidex
- In this selection, "humidex" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, dangerous, values, near and greater stand out and add context to how "humidex" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a humidex as high and about the humidex again. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "humidex" sits close to words such as aal, aalto and aardvark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with humidex
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
High 29. Humidex 34. UV index 9 or very high. (10 words)
High 26. Humidex 31. UV index 8 or very high. (10 words)
High 27. Humidex 31. UV index 8 or very high. (10 words)
A heat warning is issued in Chatham-Kent when two consecutive days are forecasted to have a daytime high temperature greater than or equal to 31°C and a nighttime temperature greater than or equal to 21°C or a humidex greater than 42 °C. (45 words)
Expect a 60 per cent chance of the wet stuff throughout the day with a high of 27 C and a humidex near 35. The chance of rain drops to 40 per cent overnight. (34 words)
Tuesday’s expected high is 29 C, with a humidex of 36, as well as a 40 per cent chance of showers in the afternoon, and a 60 per cent chance in the evening. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
High 29. Humidex 34. UV index 9 or very high.
Humidex values will again be low as we are into a more comfortable airmass compared to what we were dealing with last week.
Sunny skies and comfortable high of 24°C, with a humidex of 28 today.
A humidex as high as 40 is expected in regions including the greater Montreal area, Quebec City and the Eastern Townships over the next few days.
Expect a 60 per cent chance of the wet stuff throughout the day with a high of 27 C and a humidex near 35. The chance of rain drops to 40 per cent overnight.
High 26. Humidex 31. UV index 8 or very high.
High 27. Humidex 31. UV index 8 or very high.
Sunday should be even hotter and more humid with daytime high temperatures of 33 C and humidex values in the low 40s expected.
Tuesday’s expected high is 29 C, with a humidex of 36, as well as a 40 per cent chance of showers in the afternoon, and a 60 per cent chance in the evening.
A heat warning is issued in Chatham-Kent when two consecutive days are forecasted to have a daytime high temperature greater than or equal to 31°C and a nighttime temperature greater than or equal to 21°C or a humidex greater than 42 °C.
Environment Canada is forecasting another clear and sunny day with a high of 27 degrees and a humidex of 31.
Expect a high of 20C, but it will feel like 25C with the humidex.
It will feel more like July than mid-September for the next four days, as temperatures climb and we start talking about the humidex again.
Dangerous humidex values will make it feel like the 40s in central Saskatchewan on Friday.
High 33. Humidex 43. UV index 10 or very high.
MikeyFuccon: Here in Ottawa (not far from Montreal), we'll get at least one more day of humidex's peaking over 110 Fahrenheit before there's much improvement.
The Humidex values are expected to reach 40, Environment Canada states.
The warning, which also extends to the Châteauguay-La Prairie area, Laval and Longueuil-Varennes, noted that Tuesday will be particularly humid, with humidex values expected to register in the low 40s.
On average 11 days of the three summer months have temperatures exceeding convert, or 37 days if the humidex is considered.
Temperatures exceed convert numerous times each summer, and the combination of heat and humidity can bring the humidex value to the mid-40s.
Common combinations with humidex
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- humidex values 5×
- the humidex 5×
- high humidex 4×
- humidex uv 4×
- with humidex 3×
- humidex of 3×
- and humidex 3×