Humidity, Mugginess & All This Water

We've wondered how we can be around all this water and not feel the humidity. In researching this conundrum, we've learned that there is a difference between humidity and mugginess. 

Temperatures and dew points are the key. 

"Officially, the dew point is the temperature at which the air becomes 100% humidity, but it can informally be used as a comfort meter.

..."temperature also plays a big part of it. Your body doesn't really feel the humidity until the temperature gets over 70 degrees or so. So, for example, on a typical summer morning, the dew point in Seattle might be 55 degrees. The humidity will be high in the early morning because the morning low was likely close to 55 degrees -- but since it's that cool outside, you don't notice it as much. ... an 85 degree day with a 55 dew point feels a whole lot more comfortable than an 85 degree day with a 65 dew point.

"We are incredibly lucky with our pattern here [Seattle] that it's either cool and humid or hot and dry."

Click here to see the entire article in October 4, 2006 komonews.com

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