Why does humidity in the heat make you feel hotter, but if you spray yourself with a fine mist of water in the heat, you feel cooler for a minute?

Question

Why does humidity in the heat make you feel hotter, but if you spray yourself with a fine mist of water in the heat, you feel cooler for a minute?

In: Earth Science

Answer 1

Also you have more molecules of a given temperature touching you with higher humidity. 90 degrees dry as an example feels way better than 90 degrees with more 90 degree molecules touching you. Add the lack of evaporative cooling and other factors and you have gross weather.