Keeping your home’s humidity in the 40% to 60% range could make it harder for flu viruses to spread.

Humidity can make or break a summer day. A sunny day with a temperature of 85 degrees can feel pleasant when the humidity stays low, but once the humidity cranks up, that same day can become ...

Some times a cooling sea breeze can provide respite from hot, humid weather Muggy, sultry, clammy, sweaty - all words used to describe a hot and humid day. High humidity can often make people feel ...

An analysis of historical weather data has revealed that Delhi is currently experiencing its second most humid monsoon season in at least 53 years, compounding the misery of what is already an ...

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 ...

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 ...

Good news: a weather forecast of 100 percent humidity doesn’t always mean it’s going to rain. Bad news: It might feel absolutely disgusting outside. The percentage of humidity is not measured by the ...

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, ...

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