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Some Say You Can Raise Your Home's Humidity With Water. But Does It Work?

In a large part of the United States, winter months bring about bitterly cold temperatures. That cold air carries less moisture than warm air, and when that cold air is heated by your furnace (which ...
Des Moines Register

Is it muggy or sticky in Iowa? Here's what to look for when you're checking the weather

Iowans are no strangers to warmer days that come with the sensation of feeling sticky. But what’s the reason for it? Here’s what to look for the next time you’re looking at the weather forecast. What ...
WRAL

Ask the Meteorologist: Why do we show dew point and not relative humidity?

Every summer, I get asked this question: "Why don't you use relative humidity? I don't care about the dew point." The thing is - you should care about the dew point more. The dew point is quite ...
NBC4 Columbus

How does corn sweat affect humidity and heat index values?

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Cruising past a cornfield, you may not realize just how much moisture enters our atmosphere surrounding an area of farmland. Ohio farmers planted 3.25 million acres of corn ...