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How Do I Calculate Dew Point

To calculate dew point, the document outlines using the Clausius-Clapeyron equation to relate vapor pressure, saturation vapor pressure, and temperature given relative humidity. It also provides a simpler approximation formula for dew point temperature using observed temperature and relative humidity above 50%.

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How Do I Calculate Dew Point

To calculate dew point, the document outlines using the Clausius-Clapeyron equation to relate vapor pressure, saturation vapor pressure, and temperature given relative humidity. It also provides a simpler approximation formula for dew point temperature using observed temperature and relative humidity above 50%.

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11/13/2022 How do I calculate dew point?

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How do I calculate dew point when I know the temperature and


the relative humidity?
Relative humidity gives the ratio of how much moisture the air is holding to how much moisture it could
hold at a given temperature.

This can be expressed in terms of vapor pressure and saturation vapor pressure:

RH = 100% x (E/Es)

where, according to an approximation of the Clausius-Clapeyron equation:

E = E0 x exp[(L/Rv) x {(1/T0) - (1/Td)}] and

Es = E0 x exp[(L/Rv) x {(1/T0) - (1/T)}]

where E0 = 0.611 kPa, (L/Rv) = 5423 K (in Kelvin, over a flat surface of water), T0 = 273 K (Kelvin)

and T is temperature (in Kelvin), and Td is dew point temperature (also in Kelvin).

So, if you know the temperature, you can solve for Es, and substitute the equation for E into the
expression for relative humidity and solve for Td (dew point).

If you are interested in a simpler calculation that gives an approximation of dew point temperature if
you know the observed temperature and relative humidity, the following formula was proposed in a
2005 article by Mark G. Lawrence in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society:

Td = T - ((100 - RH)/5.)

where Td is dew point temperature (in degrees Celsius), T is observed temperature (in degrees
Celsius), and RH is relative humidity (in percent). Apparently this relationship is fairly accurate for
relative humidity values above 50%.

More details can be found in the article:

Lawrence, Mark G., 2005: The relationship between relative humidity and the dewpoint temperature in
moist air: A simple conversion and applications. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 86, 225-233. doi:
http;//dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-86-2-225

-- Michael Bell

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