Most people blame the weather when their home feels muggy, sticky, or faintly musty. It's an easy assumption, especially ...

A higher dew point directly means that there is more water vapor in the air. So when you’re describing the air as being ...

Get ready for the humidity hair and that full-on Florida humidity hug.

In a year when most meteorologists were watching signs of drought — especially across the western half of the country — the middle of the U.S. has been inundated with moisture. It’s not just been hot, ...

Why is it that when it's raining, the relative humidity isn't 100%?

We always seem to drop the first name of “relative humidity” to just plain old “humidity”. That doesn’t sound like a big deal. People I know call me Zollitsch all the time. In fact my high school ...

Moisture problems show up everywhere in HVAC systems. Knowing how humidity behaves in air can make troubleshooting ...

North American sweat bees change color depending on the surrounding humidity. It might be a more widespread phenomenon among ...

Humans are not the only species negatively affected by increasingly hot and humid conditions. Intense heat waves sometimes ...

For humans, humidity often makes us cranky, sweaty, and downright uncomfortable. For sweat bees, humidity changes their ...

The recent unseasonable warmth and humidity are ideal for mosquitoes. But more triple-digit temperatures could help Austin ...

Nature is a riot of color. In the animal kingdom, many species, from insects to cephalopods, use their permanent color or ...