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Relative Humidity can be measured with a psychrometer. A psychrometer has two thermometers, a wet-bulb and dry-bulb. The wet-bulb has a wet cloth on one end. If the wet-bulb is colder than the dry-bulb, than you apply the information to a psychrometer chart, which tells you the relative humidity, from which you can determine "high" or "low".

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