IEM Daily Feature
Tuesday, 21 April 2009

Relative Humidity

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 06:14 AM

The featured image presents an hourly climatology of the frequency of having a relative humidity observation below 60 percent. Since relative humidity is a function of temperature, as the air warms during the daytime the rh value will drop. The plot indicates two maximum in the late springtime and fall. These times of year have strong heating and less profilic sources of evapotranspiration. July into August are a time of maximum corn and soy plant transpiration which helps to keep relative humidity values even while temperatures warm.

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