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Old 08-08-2017, 06:12 PM
 
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
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I just have a few questions in regards to precipitation and humidity levels so I will be as straightforward as I can be about this topic:


1. Do precipitation patterns in a given season or a given year influence the overall humidity levels in the region in question?

2. If a specified region is wetter than the average conditions, would this imply that the overall humidity levels would also be elevated(i.e. more humid than it would otherwise be in the location discussed)?

3. Do drought conditions tend to be associated with lower than average levels of humidity in a given location?


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Old 08-09-2017, 04:08 AM
 
Location: 64'N Umeå, Sweden - The least bad Dfc
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Well yes. Wet summer climates have horrendous humidity in summer, and mediterranean type climates generally have way less humid summers.
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Old 08-09-2017, 10:09 AM
 
Location: Portsmouth, UK
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Well yes. Wet summer climates have horrendous humidity in summer, and mediterranean type climates generally have way less humid summers.
In general that is true, although Malta is an exception to that rule. Summers are bone dry but humidity is very high due to being a small Island with no very high ground & being surrounded by warm water...
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Old 08-09-2017, 10:21 AM
 
Location: Zagreb, Croatia
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I just have a few questions in regards to precipitation and humidity levels so I will be as straightforward as I can be about this topic:


1. Do precipitation patterns in a given season or a given year influence the overall humidity levels in the region in question?
Yes, compare for example the very wet July 2014 and the very dry August 2012.

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2. If a specified region is wetter than the average conditions, would this imply that the overall humidity levels would also be elevated(i.e. more humid than it would otherwise be in the location discussed)?
Yes, look at the example above.

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3. Do drought conditions tend to be associated with lower than average levels of humidity in a given location?
Yes, look at August 2012 above.
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Old 08-09-2017, 05:03 PM
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A stagnant high pressure system with hot seawater underneath can lead to high dewpoints but low precipitation. Mediterranean Sea climates is a classic example, but a stuck Bermuda High over the Atlantic can result in something similar. One of the hottest month (and definitely most humid) long spells in recent decades here, but not much rainfall until the end when the airmass started to weaken. Here's 2013, you can see the dews were stuck at around 70°F with little variation:



more typical year [that spike in early September is an obvious error] has lower dewpoint averages and more variability:



July 2016 was even drier than 2013; also fairly hot, but dewpoints more normal [though still a bit above average] so low relative humidity. More typical drought conditions. Very wet summer weather here can often be with cooler than usual weather; more fronts and colder air influx. So a bit lower dews than usual, higher relative humidity.

So, depends on season & climate. I think overall it's correct, especially outside summer that wetter = more humid [but probably correlates a bit more with relative humidity than dewpoint].

source for plots

http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/plo...i=100&_fmt=png
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