DEHUM: The basic operating principle of a dehumidifier is to remove water vapor from the air without overcooling the space. April 20, 2026 Humidity, aside from temperature, is perhaps the most ...

It’s often said that it’s not the heat that gets you; it’s the humidity. We had our first serving of the uncomfortable and ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – There might not be a more misunderstood phrase in meteorology than “relative humidity.” Every summer when humidity returns, this phrase echoes across the United States: “It ...

FIGURE 1. Relative indoor humidity (violet) and absolute exterior humidity (orange) displayed over 26 months. For the majority of winter months, rh ranged between 35 and 60 percent. December 10, 2018 ...

Relative humidity is not a good way to tell if we have muggy air on the way. Here’s why. The key word in relative humidity is relative. The humidity percentage is given, relative to how much moisture ...

Meteorologist Ray Petelin joined the KDKA Weather Team in October 2018, but is no stranger to the weather in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania. He has been forecasting in Pittsburgh since 2011 and ...

MIKE MOSS SAYS: Myra, There are different ways to represent humidity, such as absolute humidity, specific humidity, relative humidity, and using the dew point as an indicator of absolute humidity. Of ...