![]() ![]() Because it’s not - it’s literally relative to the temperature, so it’s not helpful. I think temperature is just as important with humidity, but relative humidity, like the relative humidity that’s on our weather apps, is just a total crock. Well, first of all, dew point is just a great measure of how it’s going to feel outside. What is the dew point, and why does it feel so good when it’s low? And I know that the weather feels better when the dew point is lower.īut I don’t get why, or what it is. The dew point is high today and it feels disgusting. I’m recently - in large part because of your Twitter feed - a dew point convert. ![]() Yeah, and I wanted to ask you about what makes it feel cooler. Right! Like a cooler rainy day is pretty nice. It feels like I’m in a low-temperature sauna. I think what makes it stink is that it’s very sticky outside. Sometimes I have to try really hard to keep what we need in terms of weather away from what the actual vibe is - today is definitely two out of five. In your words, the vibes in New York are awful today. New York Metro Weather has a 58,000-plus following that looks to it to answer a really simple question: Is the weather in New York City today going to be good or bad? Homenuk gives his followers a vibe rating out of 10 (sunny, humidity-free days score the highest) and sprinkles in a brief explanation of why it will or won’t be a pleasant day in New York.Īs Homenuk confirmed to me, not all 72☏ days are created equal - and the dew point might be the best explanation why. He’s the force behind the New York Metro Weather Twitter account. Homenuk, who studied meteorology at Kean University, is a dew point enthusiast and the reason I found out about dew point forecasts in the first place. In an effort to better explain why the dew point is the superior way to tell the weather and what it exactly means, I spoke with John Homenuk on a recent rainy, uncomfortably sweaty afternoon. (The relative humidity, a sometimes popular metric, measures the dew point against the temperature, making it particularly unhelpful on very, very hot days, when the temperature may be much higher than a relatively low, but still uncomfortable, dew point.) The higher it is (70s) the closer it will be to my personal hell. The lower it is - ideally in the 50s to 60s - the less sticky it will feel. Thankfully, I’ve found a better number to tell me how it’s going to feel outside - and it’s not the relative humidity, which is also a sham. Sweating through my shirt, wiping my brow, and staring in disbelief at my weather app wondering, “How could this be the 72☏ I know and love?” When a 72-degree day feels like a swampy armpit, I start to realize that everything I’ve ever thought I understood about weather, mainly temperature, is a lie. Below is an interview from 2022 (another hot year!) that seeks to help you read your weather app. Editor’s note : Summer 2023 has been one of the hottest on record - although one of the coolest we’ll ever see again - and we could all use a little help navigating the heat. ![]()
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