# Humidity while raining.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humidity-while-raining/529788>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 20, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humidity-while-raining/529788 "2010-02-20T18:55:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humidity-while-raining/529788/1 "2010-02-20T18:55:33Z")

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For the frivolous side of MPSIMS;  
Humidity isn’t always 100% during a rainstorm. People will usually say it is, but they don’t know.  
I’ve always suspected it wasn’t, and I finally got around to doing the research. I would link to the wiki article, but nobody ever follows those anyway.  
I feel vindicated, and it feels _good!_  
Peace,  
mangeorge  
Oh well, I’m a big old softie. Here you [go](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humidity).  
😉

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**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humidity-while-raining/529788/2 "2010-02-20T23:37:28Z")

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I followed it. The article could say a bit more about saturation. In rainstorms the humidity can certainly go above 100%, and in fact generally is in the clouds that originate the rain.