Temperature or Heat in reported temperatures When I look at the digital thermometer or read the current temperature in my area, am I looking at a value based on the heat of the area or something else? If it's not based on actual heat, could this be the reason why two different parts of the world can report the same temperature but have a different response from the citizens. 
i.e. roads melting in an uncomfortable but otherwise not severe temperature by the standards in another country, chilly temperatures by Australian standards being treated as warm weather in England, etc.
 A: Heat and temperature are 2 different things. Heat is related to the magnitude of kinetic energy an object has.
Temperatures on the other hand means the average kinetic energy of a particle inside an object.
From this you can see that the bigger, denser... an object is, it will have more heat than the smaller object even though they are at the same temperature.
Heat is the ammount of total kinetic energy of a rest mass while temperature deals in the average kinetic energy of a rest mass.
What you see measured in the usual sensors is the temperature, not heat.
The different response of people is based on their everyday experience.
A: There are a couple reasons.
A big one is obviously the difference between heat and energy, as MaDrung already talked about quite a bit.
If you're familiar with electric circuits, I will try and expand upon temperature and heat transfer with a circuit analogy.  In a circuit the current flows across a potential difference given by voltage.  The current flowing depends on voltage difference and the resistance.
For the heating analogy; voltage is the same as temperature, and heat transfer is the same as current.  The resistance to heat transfer depends on the real situation in the heat transfer medium.  If two objects are at the same temperature; there should be no heat transfer between them.  The amount of heat transfer is proportional to temperature, and is also inverse proportional to resistance.
When our bodies feel hot or cold, they aren't actually feeling the temperature.  They are sensing the heat gain or heat loss.  The heat loss depends on more than just temperature; it also depends on that "resistance".  The resistance is changed by many things including how many layers of clothes you have on, how windy it is, and how humid the air is.  This is one reason why two places with the same temperature may feel different.
Another big reason is the climate you live in and human psychology.  If your average temperature is warm year round (like Australia) then 15 C isn't really a nice day (this also depends on seasons).  On the other hand in England, 15 C could be a reasonable temperature, especially if it was near winter; then it could be an unusually warm day.  It's like going down south in the winter for vacation.  It seems really warm to you; but it's regular weather for the locals.
