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Relative humidity is the ratio of the current absolute humidity to the highest possible absolute humidity (which depends on the current air temperature).

Calculating the RH requires the correct equation(s). The RH is the amount of moisture in the air (via moisture mass or vapor pressure) divided by the maximum amount of moisture that could exist in the air at a specific temperature (via max moisture mass or saturation vapor pressure). RH is expressed as a percentage and has no units since the units in both the numerator and denominator are the same. The percentage is found by multiplying the ratio by 100%. The RH is NOT the dewpoint divided by the temperature. For example, if the temperature was 60 F and the dewpoint was 30 F, you would not simply take (30/60)*100% = 50% RH.

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