The concept of zero percent relative humidity — air completely devoid of water vapor — is intriguing, but given Earth’s climate and weather conditions, it’s an impossibility. Water vapor is always ...

Aside from the talk of a hurricane, humidity is probably the most-mentioned weather condition in Florida. Yes, there’s heat, thunderstorms and torrential rainfall too, but the word "humid" is probably ...

You may have heard of dehumidifiers, which are machines that help reduce the humidity in your home, but what is relative humidity? And why does it matter for you? There are some confusing terms that ...

As students go back to school this fall and workers return to offices after summer vacations, we will need healthy indoor air to keep us all safe. In May, the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) ...

New research finds indoor relative humidity between 40 and 60 percent is associated with relatively lower rates of COVID-19 infections and deaths, while indoor conditions outside this range are ...

Meteorologists use both terms. While relative humidity and dew point are both concerned with the amount of water vapor in the air, there are differences. Dew point is the temperature at which the air ...

Everybody knows about humidity in the summertime. But most people are mistaken about how humidity is quantified. Relative humidity is expressed as a percentage. But it is not a percentage of water ...

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 ...