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
Your body cannot measure temperature. All it measures is heat flow. High humidity in the air allow it to transfer more heat into you, so you feel hotter. That’s the “feel like” thing that is in the weather report. If you mist yourself with water, evaporation of that water causes heat to flow from your body, so you feel cooler.
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