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 ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- During the summer months you often have to consider three things before stepping outside. The first thing is whether or not it is going to storm. And the second and third things ...

Before you step outside, you may want to know how humid, or "sticky" it feels. That comes down to knowing the dew point. Dew point is more commonly discussed in the summertime and is a good measure of ...

why do meteorologists use dew point rather than relative humidity to describe the uncomfortableness or oppressiveness of an air mass? Dew point is the temperature at which the air becomes “saturated” ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The dew point can drop below zero in the ...

Every summer, I get asked this question: "Why don't you use relative humidity? I don't care about the dew point." The thing is - you should care about the dew point more. The dew point is quite ...

Breaking up is hard to do, especially when you've been going steady for so long. But enough is enough. It's time to split up with the "relative humidity." Time to move on to something better, like the ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Most summer days, you hear us talk about “humidity” when describing how the air feels. While many people are familiar with the term relative humidity — the percentage of water vapor in ...