There are two ways of calculating humidity: absolute humidity and relative humidity. Absolute humidity is how much water is actually in the air. ... Average Relative Humidity: 84%; ...

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One of them is the dewpoint and the other one is relative humidity. Get daily news, weather, breaking news and alerts straight to your inbox! Sign up for the abc27 newsletters here.

Credit: Pixabay. Relative humidity, on the other hand, represents the amount of moisture currently held by the towel based on how much water it could possibly hold (the dew point).

Describing relative humidity also takes on many different forms. One way to define the term is relative humidity is a percentage of how much moisture is in the air versus how much it can hold.

For example, the relative humidity on a given day may vary between 90% in the morning and 38% in the afternoon and it still feels relatively comfortable.

The relative humidity is dependent on the air temperature, while the dew point isn't. As the air warms up, the relative humidity goes down, but the moisture levels in the air haven't changed.