Heat waves are becoming commonplace, and so too is high humidity, which can strain the electrical grid, hurt the economy, and ...

Across much of the world, hotter days are no longer arriving alone. The air itself is changing, sometimes turning from dry ...

Naser Daher, of Durham’s Old Farm neighborhood, carries his belongings through floodwaters near the Eno River in Durham on ...

When referring to the mugginess of the air, meteorologists will point to dew point rather than relative humidity. Relative humidity is indeed a measure of how much moisture is in the air relative to ...

Relative Humidity is shown in a percentage. It measures how close the air is to saturation. Just because there is a high relative humidity does not mean it will feel muggy outside. Feels like ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — You see it all the time. The humidity is 100%! So humid! Air you can wear! While that may be true *at times*, it doesn't paint the full picture. When humidity is expressed as a ...

The reason why the humidity makes it feel hotter than the actual temperature is because of our sweat. Our bodies like to stay near 98.6 degrees, so when our body temperature rises sweat is released ...

What does it take to refrigerate or preserve fresh flowers? Test studies reveal the combination of both temperature and humidity plays a critical role in the preservation of fresh flowers. The optimum ...

Extreme levels of heat and humidity are forecast to spread across the country over the next two weeks, blanketing the Southwest, Midwest, and East Coast with high temperatures beginning this June 19 ...

The heat you feel outside is rising far faster than the temperature on the thermometer. New research from the University of ...

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 ...