Study Reveals Louisiana’s Worst Fear Now a Reality

(KMDL-FM) If we're speaking in general terms, the people of Louisiana don't fear much. I would say there are quite of few of us who list ourselves as "God-Fearing," but after that it takes something really special to shake up someone from Kaplan, Estherwood, Lacassine, Cecilia, or Port Barre.

Now that doesn't mean we don't have things that concern us in Louisiana. We are concerned about the Hurricane Season; we don't fear it, we respect it. We don't Disney Theme Parks, but we have our reservations about the kind of gumbo they serve.  And we don't fear the heat of the summer in South Louisiana; however, it's that "other thing" that usually goes along with the heat that, yeah, we just might have a fear of that.

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If you grew up in the Gulf South, you learned at an early age about humidity. You learned it can make any great-looking hairstyle look awful, it can make carport concrete very slippery, and it's the reason why the windows at the Waffle House are always soaking wet.

How Could It Possibly Be Even More Humid in Louisiana?

You'd think in Louisiana, we have just about as much humidity as we can handle. You'd think that, and you'd be wrong in your thinking. Not only does Louisiana have "room" for more humidity, it looks as if Mother Nature is starting to pile even more of it on us.

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A study released by the Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program has confirmed humidity levels in Louisiana are rising, and could go even higher. Humidity is the term used to describe the amount of moisture in the air. When the humidity is high, the air feels thick, and we often describe conditions as muggy. Or perhaps miserable would be a better word.

Historically, dewpoint temperatures, that's the temperature at which water droplets begin to condense and form dew, rarely reached the upper 70s back in the 1970s. In 2025, dewpoint temperatures regularly crack the 80-degree mark.

Warmer air, which we are experiencing because of higher sea surface temperatures, can also hold more moisture, which creates higher humidity levels. The reason high humidity makes us so miserable is this. The more moisture in the air, the more difficult it is for sweat to evaporate and cool our bodies on a hot day.

Will Higher Humidities Lead to More Floods in Louisiana?

Another side effect of more humidity is heavier downpours. You can't deny that we haven't had our share of heavy rains over the first half of 2025, and it looks as though we are going to see more tropical downpours over the next six to eight weeks.

So there you have it, bad hair, wet windows, sticky, stinky clothes, it truly is our worst fear come true. Unless you consider some of these.