How do things dry when it isn’t hot enough for water to evaporate?

Question

How do things dry when it isn’t hot enough for water to evaporate?

In: Physics

Answer 1

It’s basically always hot enough. Heat makes water evaporate faster, but it still happens at basically any temperature. 

Evaporation happens when water molecules randomly bump into each other. Some molecules happen to get enough energy to get bumped out entirely and into the air. High temperature means stronger and more bumps, so it evaporates faster. But there’s always going to be bumping at any temperature. 

Edit: ice can also evaporate