IEM Daily Feature
Monday, 27 August 2018
Monday, 27 August 2018
Uncomfortable Humidity Returns
Posted: 27 Aug 2018 05:33 AM
Humidity returned in a big way to Iowa over this past weekend with dew points well into the
70s on Sunday. The Cedar Rapids airport topped out at 77 degrees for a dew point, which
was the highest value since early July as shown by the featured chart. The chart depicts
the daily range between the minimum and maximum reported dew point temperature for the
site. Any days at or above 77 degrees are highlighted in red. The full year depiction has a
remarkable 'jump' around the first of May. This plot sort of resembles what you would see at
a location that is subject to seasonal monsoons. In this case, recall how cold and snowy
April was and then a switch was flipped and we made it into late spring and summer
humidity levels.
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