Naser Daher, of Durham’s Old Farm neighborhood, carries his belongings through floodwaters near the Eno River in Durham on ...

Heat waves are becoming commonplace, and so too is high humidity, which can strain the electrical grid, hurt the economy, and ...

Across much of the world, hotter days are no longer arriving alone. The air itself is changing, sometimes turning from dry ...

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 ...

A long stretch of humid heat followed by intense thunderstorms is a weather pattern historically seen mostly in and around ...

It’s a T-shirt kind of day in Washington, DC: 85 degrees with 63 percent humidity. We all know those numbers mean hot, but what exactly does that humidity percentage tell us? And why should we care?

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I make maps, and discuss the climate. Aug 23, 2018, 11:25am EDT Dec 10, 2021, 08:30am EST This article is more than 7 years old.

If you always find yourself waking up with a stuffy nose, sore throat, and dry mouth in winter, you are not alone. It isn't ...