To give some perspective on this, of the 610,505 hourly weather observations I used in my calculations throughout this analysis, there were only 179 hours with a dewpoint of 78\u00b0+. Put another way, less than 0.03% of all weather observations to date at CVG have a dewpoint that high or higher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no “top 10” list for dewpoint of 80\u00b0+ (extremely steamy) weather observations at CVG because a dewpoint that high as only occurred in Cincinnati for a total of 22 hours and across 4 years (2022, 1975, 2011, and 1955). Eight of those hours occurred in 2022, and that is a record for a single year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The all-time record highest dewpoint for Cincinnati is 82\u00b0, set in July of 1943. This was observed at the Abbe Observatory in Clifton, where official records for Cincinnati were kept at the time (and airport to the International Airport opening).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By many measures, 2022 so far has been the most humid or at least among the most humid on record. August 2022 alone has begun with 5 steamy days (based on the average daily dewpoint):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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…and Cincinnati is already up to 26 steamy (70\u00b0+ average dewpoint) days and 63 humid (60\u00b0+ average dewpoint) days so far this year: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To put these numbers in perspective, Cincinnati averages 17 steamy and 72 humid days each calendar year. The records are 98 humid days (1991) and 38 steamy days (1977) for a single year at CVG. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And summer is not over! Steamy air typically moves south in early to mid-September, and humid air is usually done for the year in late September to early October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The absolute measure of humidity – or how much moisture there is in the air – is the dewpoint. The highest the dewpoint goes, the more humid it is…and in 2022, it has been high more than it has been … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n