It’s not that corn sweats more than other plants — an acre releases less moisture on average than, say, a large oak tree — but the Midwest has a lot of corn in late July. In Iowa, for example, more than two-thirds of the area is farmland, and corn is the top crop (followed by soybeans, which, by the way, also sweat).

High temperatures across the peninsula are leaving many people sweating. But one crop can also 'sweat' in high temperatures: corn.

WGN-TV weather producer Bill Snyder joins WGN Radio to talk about Thursday’s storms, the humidity and the corn sweat phenomenon.

The millions of acres of corn grown in states like Ohio, Illinois and Iowa perspire just like any other plant. A single acre sweats 3,000 to 4,000 gallons of water every day.

The level of humidity produced by corn sweat is hard to quantify, Quinn said, but researchers know it only takes a kernel of the blame for the Midwest's sticky summers. An acre of corn transpires between 3,000 and 5,000 gallons of water per day at peak ...

As we experience some uncomfortable humidity in the Northwoods this week, you may have heard the term “corn sweat” being thrown around.

Corn sweats just like we do, and when it does, it causes the humidity around it to spike. It's a phenomenon called "corn sweat." ‘Sit up straight while I talk to you’: Idaho university massacre victims confront killer in court Emmanuel and Brigitte ...