All related- Why does lower temperatures and higher humidy feel so hot? Is overheating when hiking as dangerous or more likely in no humidity or high? How does sweating help cool you down?
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Sweating is one of the human body’s mechanisms for cooling itself.
The sweat evaporates off your skin and you feel cooler.
When humidity is very high, your sweat won’t evaporate as readily. So your cooling mechanism doesn’t work as efficiently.
It’s like running the air conditioner with the window open… you get some relief, but not that much.
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