Humidity is the amount of moisture in the air compared to what the air can hold. It's important to have the right level of humidity for comfort and temperature control. If the humidity is too low, it ...

The first major heat wave of summer has enveloped much of the midwestern and eastern U.S. in a brutal “dome” of record temperatures and high humidity. The dome phenomenon happens when weather ...

Hot summers are nothing new for much of the United States, but the combination of heat and humidity has taken on a truly antagonistic role this year, pushing us closer to our melting points in an ...

Some hot days feel even worse thanks to high humidity, trapped heat and dew points. Cities are especially vulnerable. By Nazaneen Ghaffar Nazaneen Ghaffar is a reporter on The Times’s weather team. It ...

A heat wave is moving across the U.S., resulting in both high temperatures and dangerously high humidity. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with meteorologist Ben Noll of the Washington Post. For much of the ...

This optimal indoor humidity level during winter according to HVAC experts is between 30% and 40%. This helps with dryness ...

IOWA, USA — When encountering sweltering summer conditions, many Iowans will quickly defer to the infamous quote, "It's not the heat, it's the humidity." But what contributes to Iowa being so much ...

If you think this summer has felt extra sticky and sweltering hot in Ohio and Kentucky, you're not alone. Greater Cincinnati has spent much of the summer trying to stay cool, as the area has been ...