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 ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Summertime heat is on the way, along with muggy conditions. Meteorologist Adam Rutt explains why we focus on the dew point to talk about humidity. We’ve had a little taste ...

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.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Two common weather terms you'll hear many times in the warmer part of the year are "dew point" and "relative humidity". While both relate to moisture in the air and the "stickiness" ...

Higher dew points can mean misery. Parts of the United States have gotten an early taste of summer weather, as temperatures and humidity are on the rise. Summer can start to feel particularly sticky ...

There are multiple ways to describe how wet the air is (yes, pretty much all air is wet). What I mean by that is there are water molecules tucked in between the gases like nitrogen and oxygen that ...

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 ...

Last week, we talked about why the dew point is a better measure of mugginess instead of relative humidity. When the dew point gets above 70°, that is usually due to tropical air being sent into North ...

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 ...

As August kicks off, South Carolina residents are again under a heat advisory with temperatures that could feel like 108 degrees. Like much of the Southeast, Upstate residents will see the heat index ...