IEM Daily Feature
Thursday, 29 May 2014

80 over sub 50

Posted: 29 May 2014 05:36 AM

For a brief moment on Wednesday, the air temperature for Mason City was 80 degrees with a dew point below 50. This makes for rather comfortable conditions. How rare is this combination of warm temperatures and dry humidities? The featured chart presents the frequency of such a combination for Mason City and for comparison to a more humid climate, Mobile Alabama. Please note that these frequencies are for events when the temperature was 80 or above. Of course, the spring and fall seasons are the more likely times for this combination as there is much less transpiring vegetation that put a floor on our dew points in the summertime.

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