Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...

It's not the heat that gets you — it's the humidity. Millions will feel that firsthand over the coming days as a heat dome is expected to bring extreme heat and humidity for much of the U.S. Those ...

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?

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Two common weather terms you'll hear many times in the warmer part of the year are "dew point" and "relative humidity". While both relate to moisture in the air and the "stickiness" ...

When the goal is to dehumidify, logic calls for using a dehumidifier. These genius contraptions help remove moisture from the air and can make a big difference in cooling down the house. Opt for a ...

Air that’s very cold, hot, or dry can trigger a COPD flare-up. Breathing may be more difficult when temperatures are below 32°F (0°C) or above 90°F (32.2°C). Excessive wind can also make it harder to ...

Over the next two weeks, extreme levels of humidity are forecast to hit around 40 states, with the first wave of very muggy weather building in central and eastern states through Thursday. Across the ...