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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - When summer arrives, meteorologists talk about both humidity and dew point. While the two are related, they are not the same thing. Relative humidity is a percentage that ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Meteorologist Sara Tonks: Webster's Dictionary defines "humid" as "containing or characterized by perceptible moisture, especially ...

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 ...

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 ...

Music fans gather at the Minnesota Country Club Festival in St. Paul on July 10. As meteorologists, one of the questions we hear all the time is: “Why don't you talk about relative humidity?” After ...

It's a T-shirt kind of day in Washington, DC: 85 degrees with 63 percent humidity. We all know those numbers mean hot, but what exactly does that humidity percentage tell us? And why should we care?

A bottle just taken out of the refrigerator. On some days, the outside gets covered in moisture immediately, while on other ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...