High humidity occurs 363.5 days of the year, making the city the crowned queen of Central American mugginess. As with Colombia, there is a travel advisory warning in place at the time of writing.

For millions of people across the Midwest, Great Lakes, Northeast and parts of the Mid-Atlantic, there will be a brief break ...

Over the next two weeks, extreme levels of humidity are forecast to hit around 40 states, with the first wave of very muggy weather building in central and eastern states through Thursday.

The wet-bulb globe temperature is one way meteorologists quantify heat. It includes not just the air’s temperature, but also factors including humidity, wind, and sunlight.

“Heat and humidity is a double whammy for the body to remove heat. The heart works much harder.” By Ken Mahan and Dave Epstein Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent,Updated July 14, 2024, 11:06 p.m.