Not only are Iowans sweating in this humidity, but the corn stalks are too. These factors are making it humid in Iowa.

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

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

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

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 ...

A renewed stretch of dangerous heat is forecast for Omaha and eastern Nebraska through Tuesday with "feels like" temperatures ...

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

All plants have a self-cooling process called transpiration. It's essentially the plant version of sweating. When it's hot ...

A massive heat wave is slamming parts of the United States, and in Iowa, "corn sweat" is making things worse. CBS News' Lana ...

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 ...