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Dew Point Calculator

The temperature air must cool to before its moisture condenses, and what that says about comfort.

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What the dew point tells you

It's the temperature at which the air's moisture starts condensing: fog, dew, sweating windows. Unlike relative humidity, it doesn't swing with temperature, which makes it the number meteorologists (and anyone running in summer) actually watch. 25 °C at 60% humidity gives a dew point near 17 °C, the edge of sticky.

Rules of thumb

Dew points below 10 °C (50 °F) feel dry, 16 °C (60 °F) is where most people notice humidity, and 21 °C (70 °F) or more is oppressive. It also predicts the night's low: air rarely cools much below its dew point, because condensation releases heat that brakes the fall. Gardeners use this to see frost coming.