With that title comes an increased dew point thanks to a process called evapotranspiration , or corn sweat. The crop ...

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

Growing season is the peak time for corn sweat, especially in the mid to late summer, according to the National Weather ...

Corn sweat is an agricultural phenomenon that makes humidity during a heat wave even worse, especially in states like ...

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

The Midwest has been inundated with rain, heat, oppressive humidity and "corn sweat". In fact, meteorologist Ryan Maue says the heat index hit 115°F Sunday night in Iowa — and 20°F to 25°F of that was ...

Corn sweat is not a new weather term. I think more people are talking about it right now, because social media is talking ...

Dangerous temperatures will persist across parts of the U.S. through July, and in some areas, there's an unexpected ...

"Corn gets the name corn sweats because corn puts out a lot of water vapor," Glisan said. "That's where we get these ...

The corn sweat that contributed to the heatwave during the last week of August over much of the Midwest pushed dew points "as high as the 60s and 70s," even reaching "the low 80s" in some places ...

Iowa farmers this year planted the fifth-largest corn crop since the 1920s, the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates. Nationally, it's the third-largest number of corn acres planted since 1944.