It's been quite humid in the Brazos Valley over the last week, but how might you measure that humidity from home? We have a fun activity that you can do from your home.

On a calm, clear night, the ground cools very efficiently by radiating heat back into the atmosphere. This lowers the ...

You may hear us use the terms dew point, relative humidity, or feels like temperature throughout the summer, but what's the difference? Dew Point is the quantity of moisture in the air. The higher the ...

So put a bit more plainly - the dewpoint is the temperature at which the air reaches full saturation, while relative humidity measures how close the air is to full saturation.

A sling psychrometer measures relative humidity by measuring two temperatures: the actual air temperature (dry-bulb) and something called the wet-bulb temperature.

When referring to the mugginess of the air, meteorologists will point to dew point rather than relative humidity. Relative humidity is indeed a measure of how much moisture is in the air relative ...

An AC bridge circuit can be used to measure the unknown capacitance of a sensor, such as a relative humidity sensor.

Dear Tom, When meteorologists measure relative humidity, do they take into consideration particles of pollution in the air? — Bruce Ameismer, Chicago Dear Bruce, Air pollution is not taken into ...

So, dew point is a proxy measure of the actual amount of water in the air (by weight or pressure), while relative humidity is a measure of the fractional amount of vapor.

Another measure of water content, now coming into more frequent use, is the dew point, which is the temperature at which relative humidity hits 100 percent.

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