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muggy

[muhg-ee] / ˈmʌg i /


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“The conditions that we’re feeling at the coast — the kind of muggy air — is a result of our warmer sea surface temperatures,” Westerink said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

Rain delayed play by half an hour, the atmosphere was muggy and the pitch coloured a light green.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

Tuesday morning, in the muggy New Jersey heat, 13 players graduated.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

The conditions may also make coastal California feel more humid and muggy because of the loss of cooling fog and because warmer air holds more moisture, according to Swain.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2026

I decided to hang out on the swing for a while, half because the heat had finally dissipated into a pleasant, if muggy, eighty-something, and half because I thought Alaska might show up.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green

A higher dew point means the air is moister and thus will feel muggier.

From Slate Jun. 25, 2025

She said the "roasting" and "muggier" weather has made home visits a bit harder.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2022

Plus, its hot, muggy days are getting hotter and muggier: In mid-June, when I was there, the heat index, a measure of temperature and humidity, peaked at 45 degrees Celsius, or 113 degrees Fahrenheit.

From New York Times Jul. 31, 2018

The offseason’s great intrigue – where will LeBron go next? – began well before these finals ended, and will only get muggier and more tiring as the summer drags on.

From The Guardian Jun. 9, 2018

The air felt muggier than their normal southern Aprils.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake

Expats and tourists from some of the hottest, muggiest U.S. states are bewildered: How has a lifetime of sweltering heat not prepared them for this?

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

Pentagram, the Obsessed, Iron Man and other doom bands each specialized in sluggish, smothering riffs that, in their respective heydays, felt as endless and extreme as Washington at its muggiest.

From Washington Post Jun. 16, 2022

Yes, they’re dorky-looking, but it gives you the ability to keep your fan open and running even when it’s raining, which is often when it’s muggiest.

From The Verge Sep. 15, 2017

For the holiday week, the Metrograph will screen films set in some of New York’s muggiest weather.

From New York Times Jun. 30, 2016

She likes the spicy soup, but she can’t understand why I only seem to make it on the hottest, muggiest nights.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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