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 ...

Dew point is a measure of moisture in the air. Dew points above 70° feel tropical, dew points above 60° feel humid. In the winter, if dew points drop below 0, it indicates a very dry and cold air mass ...

While high temperatures will remain in the 80s, lower dew points will make it feel more comfortable and less oppressive. The cooler, drier air is tied to a low-pressure system off the coast that is ...

North Carolina can expect to see more of its rainfall in shorter but heavier bursts, Accuweathr says.

Relative humidity measures how much moisture is in the air compared to how much it could hold at a given temperature. It is simply the dew point temperature divided by the air temperature, times 100.