NORFOLK, Va. — Most summer days, you hear us talk about “humidity” when describing how the air feels. While many people are familiar with the term relative humidity — the percentage of water vapor in ...

It’s a hot summer day and you hear someone say, “The relative humidity is 80%!” They’re probably correct, but relative humidity is just not a good way to measure how muggy the air “feels” to our ...

Relative humidity measures how much moisture is in the air compared to how much it could hold at a given temperature. It is simply the dew point temperature divided by the air temperature, times 100.

This time of year, we often complain about strong winds or bitterly cold temperatures. But another common and often overlooked issue is extremely dry, desert-like air.We regularly display a wide range ...

Why do meteorologists like to use dew points so much instead of relative humidity? It's because it measures the true moisture content in the atmosphere. Do you ever wonder why meteorologists always ...

MOLINE, Ill. — When our Storm Track 8 Weather Team talks about muggy conditions, they usually refer to the dew point rather than humidity. The dew point is typically a better measure of the atmosphere ...

Metro Denver was smacked with unusual high humidity Tuesday morning. 9News Senior Meteorologist Chris Bianchi posted on social media around 6:30 a.m. that the dew point in the Mile High City was 66 ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — While the temperature trend is going up, humidity has been trending downward lately, you’ve probably felt the dryness in the air! Dew points measure the amount of moisture in the ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Did you notice a bit of humidity in the air on Friday morning? If you did, it’s not your imagination. Dew points crept into the 50s, and will likely hang out in the 50s and 60s ...