Misery Index (1959, 1975)

[Tom Kysilko]

Some local TV weather broadcasters in the Twin Cities refer to something
called the 'PIP Index'.  That's pain in the posterior.
--Tom Kysilko

At 9/15/2004 08:10 AM -0400, James A. Landau wrote:
>The term was probably inspired by the "Discomfort Index", which was used for
>a few years around the late 1950's by what was then called the Weather Bureau.
>
>If I remember correctly, Discomfort Index = (wet-bulb temperature + dry-bulb
>temperature [in Fahrenheit]) x 0.4 + 15
>
>         - Jim Landau


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