Corn sweat is exactly what it sounds like: moisture given off by corn. With large swaths of corn fields in the Midwest and ...

The process is known as evapotranspiration, which is how plants, including corn, release water vapor into the atmosphere.

A phenomenon called "corn sweat" could exacerbate the impacts of the extreme heat blanketing a large portion of the U.S., ...

It is “corn sweat” season. The biggest U.S. crop does influence our weather here in Michigan and across the Midwest. All ...

Corn sweat. Yes, the term for how the crop can drive up the humidity through a process called evapotranspiration is a thing.

July and August is a common time of the year for extreme heat and humidity. One of the contributing factors is the mature corn crop releasing moisture into the atmosphere. One acre of mature corn can ...

A heat wave will hit Michigan later in the week and the state's corn fields will amplify the extreme temperatures.

It’s not that corn sweats more than other plants — an acre releases less moisture on average than, say, a large oak tree — ...

With this added moisture in the atmosphere, it can make an already hot day feel even hotter when you factor in the humidity.

Corn sweat is a very real phenomenon, and the Midwest has to deal with the excess heat during the late-summer days because of ...

While most of our humidity comes from the Gulf, corn and other plants add even more water vapor in the air this time of year- ...

The phenomenon known as “corn sweat” plays a huge role in dew points across the Corn Belt during heat waves. Through a ...