Summer is here, and heat and humidity have arrived.

That is because the dew point is a measure of how much water vapor is in the air and relative humidity is a measure of how much water vapor is in the air relative to how much water vapor could be in ...

Spoiler alert: Dew point is really what you want to look at when you're wondering how you'll feel if it is "humid" out.

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 ...

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 ...

I know in Houston, we hear the term humidity which is used to correlate to how muggy it may feel outside. But what actually is humidity and what does it represent? Humidity is the measurement of water ...

South Carolinians are all too familiar with muggy summer days. Check your weather app of choice and you’ll notice humidity presented as a percentage: 68 percent humidity, 92 percent humidity, ...

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 ...

Relative humidity and dew point are often mistaken for the same thing, and can be sources of confusion. We have recently gotten questions about the differences between the two, and which is more ...