Thew dewpoint in NYC right now is *75 F*. 🥵 As one coworker described it, it "feels like walking around in an armpit."
(For a breakdown of how to read all the various heat measures and why dewpoint is better than relative humidity: www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...) 🧪
When heat hits, we talk about the heat index, the dew point and heat risk. But what do all these measures mean?