Summers in the Midwest always include humidity, making it feel much hotter than the temperature indicates, but what’s to blame? “It’s not the heat that gets you, it’s the humidity”, is a phrase all Midwestern residents have heard before,

The phenomenon known as “corn sweat” plays a huge role in dew points across the Corn Belt during heat waves. Through a process known as evapotranspiration, the corn crop releases water from the soil and plant itself into the atmosphere. This adds moisture into the air, leading to the dew point rising.