Meteorologist Paul Douglas answers reader questions about the weather and other natural phenomena every couple of weeks.

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 ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - As critical fire danger spreads across the region through spring, understanding one simple weather concept could make the difference: dew point. Relative Humidity (or RH) ...

Let’s first state the obvious. Most techs are intimidated by Psychrometric charts and Mollier diagrams, we just are. While there are some pretty complicated formulas that back up these diagrams, using ...

When the final of the 2026 men’s football World Cup kicks off in New Jersey this weekend, players can expect temperatures of over 30°C (86°F). Indeed, much of the tournament has been played in ...

You've probably heard people say, "It's not the heat, it's the humidity." There's a lot of truth to that phrase, and it's important to understand it as summer temperatures rise. Humidity doesn't just ...

With another round of excessive heat pushing through New England as numerous towns and cities are facing the third heat wave of the season, the unbearable humidity has more and more people asking why ...

South Carolinians are all too familiar with muggy summer days. Check your weather app of choice and you’ll notice humidity presented as a percentage: 68 percent humidity, 92 percent humidity, ...