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

Sun exposure makes it feel hotter than the shaded air temperature because your body absorbs infrared radiation from the sun.

When the atmospheric moisture content (i.e. relative humidity) is high, the rate of evaporation from the body decreases.” ...

You need to start learning what the wet-bulb temperature is, as climate change makes the deadly combination of heat and humidity more likely.

Scorching heat and humidity across parts of the U.S. come as the release of the State of the Climate report for 2024 came out last Thursday, highlighting a record-breaking prior year around the world.

Much of the country has seen unusually high levels of humidity this summer, giving millions of Americans little reprieve from the heat.

The Lehigh Valley set one temperature record in July, according to the National Weather Service: The high of 96 degrees on July 25 topped the record for the day set in 2016 by one degree, and was the ...