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 Relative humidity is a ...

This week's question comes from Morning Brief reader MaryBeth, who asks, “I used to think humidity was the reason I felt miserable in the summer, now I understand it’s dew point. How did we avoid the ...

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 ...

Relative humidity measures how much moisture is in the air compared to how much it could hold at a given temperature. It is simply the dew point temperature divided by the air temperature, times 100.

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Meteorologist Paul Douglas answers reader questions about the weather and other natural phenomena every couple of weeks. Submit your own questions below. I’ve lived in other parts of the country, and ...

Most people understand relative humidity, but the dew point is a much better measure of how humid it really feels.