We're well into the summer now, so how's it going? Have you been feeling like you spend every day walking through someone else's shower steam? If so, there's a reason for that.
The eastern half of the U.S. is having its muggiest summer since 1981. That stretches from the Mississippi Valley to the East Coast, and 22 ENTIRE STATES plus Washington, D.C. have set at least 44-year-highs.
Dew point temps are a measure of how much moisture is in the air . . . and they have soared to sauna-like highs. And yeah, scientists say it's an effect of climate change and fossil fuel pollution. "Corn Sweat" is also a factor.
This has also been the SECOND-most humid summer for the U.S. as a whole dating back to 1981. And the average dew point temperature for June and July has slowly risen throughout the past four decades