What should be the correct/average/whatever percentage of relative humidity in your house?

Question

In case it matters, I live in South Dakota. Thanks in advance!!!

Answer 1

According to my handy dandy weather station it's between 30-40% humidity. It came from the weather channel. Hey would they lie?

Answer 2

Average Humidity In House

Answer 3

15 % comes to mind after my husband installed an april air a few years ago but I am wrong.

Desirable Humidity Levels

The human body is comfortable when relative humidity ranges between 20 and 60 percent. In your home, an average relative humidity of 35 to 40 percent is appropriate when the outside temperature is 20°F or above. However, during cold weather, higher humidity ranges may cause structural damage because of condensation on windows and on the inside of exterior walls. As outdoor temperatures fall, condensation problems inside may develop.

Answer 4

When your home's humidity level is too low, you can experience things like dry skin and chapped lips, or hardwood floors separating at the seams. Even the piano can go out of tune. In the wintertime, relative humidity inside the average home hovers around 15%

Answer 5

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What should be the correct/average/whatever percentage of relative humidity in your house?
In case it matters, I live in South Dakota. Thanks in advance!!!

Answer 6

30%-50% is the ideal comfort zone for a building's relative humitidity any higher and condensation will be too common inside, any lower and the air will be too dry causing distress to the nasal passages. Buildings that are too humid feel warmer since less sweat can be absorbed by the air, and are in danger of mold and dust mites. Buildings that are not humid enough have a danger of static electrictiy and can dry out the eyes, lung and nasal passages.

Colder air holds less water and warmer air holds more water. Humidifiers are heaters that add water vapor to the systerm. De-humidifiders chill the air at one point to pull the water vapor out then they warm it up so it can suck up more water and release it; this reduces the average humidity.

Since most AC units cool the house they remove humidity and requrie a condesantion pan to hold and drain off that excess water.

According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humidifier
"Humidification is often necessary in colder climates where continuous heating will make the air drier, resulting in uncomfortable air quality and increased static electricity."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehumidifier

According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HVAC
"HVAC (pronounced either "H-V-A-C" or, occasionally, "aitch-vak") is an initialism/acronym that stands for "heating, ventilation, and air conditioning". HVAC is sometimes referred to as "climate control" and is particularly important in the design of medium to large industrial and office buildings such as sky scrapers and in marine environments such as aquariums, where humidity and temperature must all be closely regulated whilst maintaining safe and healthy conditions within."

According to: CCIM Institute, Indoor Air Quality Report
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:KqYQTFbb-O8J:ccim.com/members/govaffairs/pdf/Indoor_Air_Quality.pdf+humidity:%22comfort+zone%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us
"Humidity is closely related to temperature and is referred to as relative humidity. ASHRAE has also developed recommended guidelines for a relative humidity comfort zone. When studying the effects of relative humidity, ASHRAE determined that the ideal range to maintain health and comfort was from forty (40) to sixty (60) percent relative humidity."

ASHRAE = American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers

Answer 7

50% relative humidity is ideal for you and for any wine you are storing. (though the wine likes it a bit cooler than do you!)

Answer 8

I don't live in S dakota, sorrry, so in my house in Europe I aim at 18C at 40% RH, but then I am a philatelist

Answer 9

I'm in MI and my "comfort Zone" gauge says 30-50%

Answer 10

30%