As temperatures rise in July and August, transpiration from plants might add to the humidity. One plant that gets more blame than others is corn, said Dan Quinn, assistant professor of agronomy and ...

ILLINOIS (WGN) — Regions blessed by large swaths of farmland can also be cursed with seasonal spikes in humidity thanks to “corn sweat.” As corn and other crops grow, they give off moisture through ...

As humidity sets in across the region, raising temperatures into the 90s and even 100s across the Midwest, corn may be partly to blame for the humidity. Corn sweat describes the moisture released into ...

Alongside news of record-breaking heat waves and summer storms, you may have seen a few headlines about a curious phenomenon known as corn sweat. As temperatures climb, the millions of acres of corn ...

INDIANA, USA — It is corn sweat season across Indiana and the rest of the Corn Belt. The peak season for this higher humidity around corn fields will last the next few weeks. This accounts for the ...