Post #4133356
2026-07-27 00:48 UTC
Woah.... the office apparently has only 21% humidity today / currently. It had been sitting around 30% all of last week, going as high as 32 and as low as 29. (It used to be up around 40-50% a few months ago)
For reference, my room at home had 47% after keeping the heatpump on all night long too, after usually being in the 55-64% range. (Heck, the one in my other house usually shows 63%, but I discovered that the cold has done in that one's battery, so I didn't know how cold exactly it was in there yesterday after the -4 nights!)
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@phil_stevens@mastodon.nz 2026-07-27 04:05
@aligorith@mastodon.nz Relative humidity is just that. It depends on the temperature. Cool an airmass without changing the water vapour content and the RH % will go up. Or, take a some cool air and heat it...the number goes down because warmer air can hold more moisture. This is why people who live in continental climates that get Proper Winter usually run humidifiers, because otherwise their indoor spaces are way too dry. Skin cracks, lips chap, hair goes frizzy, and you get static electricity shocks all the time.