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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Relative humidity is actually a very complicated thing to describe, so the dew point is a much easier way to convey comfort.

After the stretch of humid conditions that we have experienced lately, you probably saw the StormTracker 6 Weather Team showing dew point temperatures. It is easy to think that looking at the relative ...

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 ...