When our Storm Track 8 Weather Team talks about muggy conditions, they usually refer to the dew point rather than humidity.

By definition, the dew point is the temperature to which air must be cooled (at constant pressure) in order for it to become saturated or, otherwise put, have a 100% relative humidity.

Dew point vs. relative humidity The short answer is both terms are different and describe different things about moisture in the air. The dew point is another temperature value.

Dew point is a common phrase during the summertime, ... And here's its relationship to relative humidity. The RH will tell you how close the air temperature is to being 100% saturated.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) – We are going to talk directly to the weather geeks. Today we look at the difference between dew point and relative humidity. The dew point is basically a simple concept ...

The dew point is the temperature that the air would have to be cooled to (at constant pressure) in order to reach saturation. As the temperature drops to the dew point, water vapor molecules ...

I took a phone call the other day asking why I don’t use the “Relative” Humidity number on my weathercasts like others, but use the Dew Point, instead. Then I wondered if the person on the ...

Now consider the dew point: Let’s say both samples are in same-sized buckets and have a dew point of 32 F (0 C). That’s a relative humidity of 73 percent for the cooler sample and 23 percent ...

Here is where things get tricky. Say we have a dew point of 70 degrees which will feel uncomfortably humid. If the air temperature is at 70 degrees we have 100 percent relative humidity.

Relative Humidity vs. Dew Point at different temperatures On a morning where temperatures are in the middle 60s and the dew point is at a similar number, the relative humidity is at or very close ...

The truth is relative humidity is just a scale relative to the temperature and dew point. So relative humidity can be 100% while it’s 30 degrees outside, but since it’s cold, it doesn’t feel ...