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

The first major heat wave of summer has enveloped much of the midwestern and eastern U.S. in a brutal “dome” of record temperatures and high humidity. The dome phenomenon happens when weather ...

I know in Houston, we hear the term humidity which is used to correlate to how muggy it may feel outside. But what actually is humidity and what does it represent? Humidity is the measurement of water ...

Before you step outside, you may want to know how humid, or "sticky" it feels. That comes down to knowing the dew point. Dew point is more commonly discussed in the summertime and is a good measure of ...

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

It's summertime, and the living is muggy. As temperatures continue to escalate around the globe, there is an increased risk of health problems due to extreme temperatures. When it's between 105 and ...

Hot summers are nothing new for much of the United States, but the combination of heat and humidity has taken on a truly antagonistic role this year, pushing us closer to our melting points in an ...

A heat wave is moving across the U.S., resulting in both high temperatures and dangerously high humidity. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with meteorologist Ben Noll of the Washington Post. For much of the ...

The heat index, or apparent temperature, combines air temperature and humidity to indicate how hot it feels to the body. High humidity slows sweating, the body's natural cooling system, making ...

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