Relative humidity plays a critical role in the preservation of cultural heritage. This episode breaks down how moisture in the air interacts with temperature, why fluctuations are especially dangerous ...

This optimal indoor humidity level during winter according to HVAC experts is between 30% and 40%. This helps with dryness ...

This episode is brought to you by the Music for Scientists album! Have you ever wondered why 75% humidity in the summer feels ...

SEATTLE — It's foggy, cloudy, and raining in the Pacific Northwest much of the winter. Plus, the humidity is at 100%. But why does it still feel dry? Why do your lips still get chapped and your skin ...

Even in early October, warm and humid weather is part of life in Houston — but a weak cold front could finally mean cooler days ahead. Houston’s official climate site at Bush Intercontinental recorded ...

Bay Area residents may have felt disoriented when they stepped outside this week. The unusually humid conditions are due to high sea-surface temperatures accompanied by light rain in the region, ...

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.

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 ...

Often times during hot and humid stretches of the summer season you’ll hear a meteorologist refer to the dew point temperature, but not so much the relative humidity. And that may have you thinking ...

Hot summers are nothing new for much of the United States, but the combination of heat and humidity has taken on a truly antagonistic role this year, pushing us closer to our melting points in an ...

Hot, sticky and unrelenting: That has been the experience for much of the country this summer, including more than a dozen states that had record high humidity in July. Last month was muggier than ...