{"id":272842,"date":"2021-06-12T13:40:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-12T10:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/forget-humidity-dew-point-is-how-it-really-feels-outside\/"},"modified":"2021-06-12T13:40:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-12T10:40:12","slug":"forget-humidity-dew-point-is-how-it-really-feels-outside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/forget-humidity-dew-point-is-how-it-really-feels-outside\/","title":{"rendered":"#Forget Humidity, Dew Point Is How It Really Feels Outside"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2739b215dd9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2739b215dd9\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/forget-humidity-dew-point-is-how-it-really-feels-outside\/#The_Problem_with_Humidity\" >The Problem with Humidity<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/forget-humidity-dew-point-is-how-it-really-feels-outside\/#What_Is_Dew_Point\" >What Is Dew Point?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/forget-humidity-dew-point-is-how-it-really-feels-outside\/#How_to_Read_Dew_Point\" >How to Read Dew Point<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8220;#Forget Humidity, Dew Point Is How It Really Feels Outside&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage wp-image-733752 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/misty-forest.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"A foggy forest valley viewed from the top of a forested mountain.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-crediturl=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/foggy-morning-mountains-view-top-mountain-159277526\" data-credittext=\"vic927\/Shutterstock.com\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/foggy-morning-mountains-view-top-mountain-159277526\">vic927\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Humidity can have a huge effect on how hot it <em>really<\/em> feels outside. Thankfully, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/39034\/the-best-android-weather-apps-now-that-apple-is-killing-dark-sky\/\">weather apps<\/a> typically include humidity numbers, but you\u2019re probably looking at the wrong ones. What you should be checking is the dew point.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Problem_with_Humidity\"><\/span>The Problem with Humidity<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Pretty much every weather <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a> has a percentage listed for \u201chumidity.\u201d The full name for this metric is \u201crelative humidity.\u201d\u00a0It tells us how much the air is saturated with water. Most people assume that a high relative humidity percentage is what determines how humid it feels, but that\u2019s not entirely true.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the problem: Warm air can hold more water than cold air. Imagine that there are cups of varying sizes in front of you filled halfway with water. They\u2019re all 50% full, but the biggest cup clearly has more total water than the smallest. The big cup is like warm air. It has a higher capacity to hold water.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-733587 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2021-06-10_10-44-40.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Relative humidity cups example.\" width=\"640\" height=\"363\" data-crediturl=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OiejHVHrdOo\" data-credittext=\"NWSChicago\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OiejHVHrdOo\">NWSChicago<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now, apply this to the real world. 100% humidity on a 55\u00b0F day won\u2019t feel as \u201cmuggy\u201d as 50% humidity on a hot 95\u00b0F day. The hot day has a higher capacity for water in the air. This is why simply looking at the relative humidity percentages isn\u2019t a great way to get an idea of how it will actually feel outside.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Is_Dew_Point\"><\/span>What Is Dew Point?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Let me introduce you to \u201cdew point.\u201d This is a metric that you might also find in weather apps, but most people don\u2019t know what it means. If you want to really understand how humid it will feel, it\u2019s a much more useful thing to know.<\/p>\n<p>In technical terms, the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dew_point\">dew point<\/a> is the temperature at which the air must be cooled to have a relative humidity of 100%. Anything below that temperature is when the airborne water vapor becomes liquid water, and that\u2019s when you see dew on the ground, hence the name.<\/p>\n<p>So what does this have to do with humidity? Let\u2019s go back to the example of the cups. We know that relative humidity gives us the percentage of which the cups are filled with water. Dew point is a way to understand the actual <em>quantity<\/em> of water in the cups.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-733592 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2021-06-10_10-48-24.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Dew point cups example.\" width=\"640\" height=\"398\" data-crediturl=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OiejHVHrdOo\" data-credittext=\"NWSChicago\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OiejHVHrdOo\">NWSChicago<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is why dew point is better for understanding how it will feel outside. If you have to pick one cup to be dumped on your head, do you want to know how full the cup is or how much water is in the cup? The latter is a better indication of how wet you\u2019ll get. In the graphic shown above, you can see how more total water translates to a higher dew point.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Read_Dew_Point\"><\/span>How to Read Dew Point<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>OK, that\u2019s enough talk about cups. How do you actually read the dew point to find out how humid it will feel? There\u2019s a simple way to read dew point, and you don\u2019t even have to understand the technicalities of how it works. Here\u2019s a handy chart:<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 479px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-733583 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/dew-point.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Dew Point chart.\" width=\"479\" height=\"456\" data-credittext=\"Joe Fedewa\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\">Joe Fedewa<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Checking the dew point is as easy as checking the temperature. You just need to find a weather app that provides it. Unfortunately, Apple\u2019s weather app on the iPhone and iPad does not show the dew point\u2014not as of iOS 14 in June of 2021, at least.<\/p>\n<p>The Google Search app has a built-in weather web app that includes a dew point. Simply open the\u00a0Google app on your <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/google\/id284815942\">iPhone<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/google\/id284815942\">iPad<\/a>, or <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox&amp;hl=en_US&amp;gl=US\">Android<\/a> device and search for \u201cweather.\u201d You can expand the big weather card at the top to see the dew point.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-733589\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2021-06-10_10-37-36.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Dew point in Google Search.\" width=\"445\" height=\"204\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The majority of dedicated weather apps include dew point. For example, the popular Weather Channel app for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/weather-the-weather-channel\/id295646461\">iPhone<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/weather-the-weather-channel\/id295646461\">iPad<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.weather.Weather&amp;hl=en_US&amp;gl=US\">Android<\/a> shows the dew point on the \u201cToday\u2019s Details\u201d card.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-733588\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_0084.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Dew point in Weather Channel.\" width=\"445\" height=\"405\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Now, the next time you open your weather app of choice, skip the humidity number and look at the dew point. 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