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 ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - As critical fire danger spreads across the region through spring, understanding one simple weather concept could make the difference: dew point. Relative Humidity (or RH) ...

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 ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — As warm summer days continue throughout northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan, so does the chance of hot days becoming more common over the years. Let us set the stage: you are watching ...

Why is it that when it's raining, the relative humidity isn't 100%?

The first major heat wave of summer has enveloped much of the midwestern and eastern U.S. in a brutal “dome” of record temperatures and high humidity. The dome phenomenon happens when weather ...

Our meteorologist answers your deepest weather questions.

Meteorologist Sara Tonks: Webster’s Dictionary defines “humid” as “containing or characterized by perceptible moisture, especially to the point of being oppressive”. And that is part of the problem.