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Humidity makes heat feel worse by impairing sweat evaporation

Humid heat feels more unbearable than dry heat because high moisture levels in the air prevent sweat from evaporating efficiently. This hinders the body's natural cooling process, forcing it to work harder and potentially leading to dangerous conditions like heat exhaustion or heat stroke. "Feels like" temperatures are increasingly used to account for humidity's impact on perceived heat and its physiological effects. AI

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Humidity makes heat feel worse by impairing sweat evaporation

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  1. Forbes — Innovation TIER_1 English(EN) · Victoria Forster, Contributor ·

    Why Humid Heat Feels So Unbearable and Makes You Sweat More

    As the U.S. and Canada prepares for a "heat dome," why does hot weather feel so much worse when humidity is high? The answer lies with sweat.