The short answer is both terms are different and describe different things about moisture in the air. The dew point is another temperature value. It is the temperature air needs to cool to become ...
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — You may have noticed the increased humidity along with the heat over the past couple of days. One of the ways we measure the amount of moisture in the air is through dew points.
The dew point is the temperature the air needs to be cooled to in order to achieve a relative humidity (RH) of 100%. The higher the dew point rises, the greater the amount of moisture in the air.
It’s been hot and humid in Des Moines, making a shower feel necessary any time you’re outside for too long. The dew point for Des Moines as of Tuesday afternoon was 71 degrees, according to the ...
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Two common weather terms you'll hear many times in the warmer part of the year are "dew point" and "relative humidity". While both relate to moisture in the air and the "stickiness" ...
When you stepped outside during the current heat wave, you might have noticed a stifling, moist heat - particularly jarring if you were coming from an air-conditioned environment. The culprit? An ...
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.
Metro Denver was smacked with unusual high humidity Tuesday morning. 9News Senior Meteorologist Chris Bianchi posted on social media around 6:30 a.m. that the dew point in the Mile High City was 66 ...
Going on a run or planning a Fourth of July extravaganza and curious about how muggy it's going to be out? If so, we have just the ticket for you in this encore episode. Former Short Wave co-host ...