I put 20 of these big cigars, 7 X 56, in a humidor last Monday 10/24. The humidity reading on 10/18 was 67, on 10/20 66 and on 10/24 67. On 10/25 it was 70, and it has remained at 70 since then.

Am I right in attributing causality to wet cigars and waiting two or three weeks until the rH returns to normal before smoking them? I've been using beads for months, and before 10/25 the rH had been stabile.
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The change in temperature inside and outside can affect the humidity, plus how often you open it. I wouldn't be worried about a few percent of fluctuation, as long as it stays in the safe range you're good.

I've notice my humi shooting up a few percent in the past couple weeks as temperatures outside have dropped, especially with my humi being located near the window in my room.
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did they feel wet when you put them in? if so yeah that's probably the issue, if not it still could be.
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Thanks for the feedback!

When the weather changed, the rH in 2 of my 3 humidors did climb one or two points. Maybe that's it.
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I thought humidity dropped w/ a temp drop. I'm probably remembering wrong.
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Inversely proportional. Higher temperatures means a higher water vapor capacity for air, lower temps, a lower water vapor capacity. So the same amount of water in the air for 70% RH at 70 degrees might be 100% at 50 degrees(just a random example, don't trust that to be a true comparison, I'm too lazy to work out the numbers)
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