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 ...

Stepping outside and feeling the thick wall of humidity has been a constant occurrence through the beginning of summer. The region has already seen two heat waves, and with the heat has come the ...

The first major heat wave of summer has enveloped much of the midwestern and eastern U.S. in a brutal “dome” of record temperatures and high humidity. The dome phenomenon happens when weather ...

Extreme levels of heat and humidity are forecast to spread across the country over the next two weeks, blanketing the Southwest, Midwest, and East Coast with high temperatures beginning this June 19 ...

Every summer, I get asked this question: "Why don't you use relative humidity? I don't care about the dew point." The thing is - you should care about the dew point more. The dew point is quite ...

Dew point/relative humidity questions come up fairly often and this is a good one. Water vapor in the atmosphere is pretty important for deep-sky observing and photography. The atmosphere can only ...

Dry and damp powders can have extremely dissimilar properties. Even small amounts of moisture can significantly alter powder properties, making humidity and its effects a crucial concern for powder ...

The short answer is both terms are different and describe different things about moisture in the air. The dew point is another temperature value. It is the temperature air needs to cool to become ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Christine Ro is a journalist covering science and development. 50°C (122°F) is a staggeringly high temperature. Yet Avikal ...