Why does humidity make temperature feel hot, but restaurants use misters to cool the patrons?

Question

I live in a town with a lot of humidity in summer. I perspire a lot, but restaurants around here have misters outdoors to “cool things down”. How does that work? How can adding more humidity make the heat more tolerable?

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Answer 1

Think about going into a hot tub. A hot tub at 104 will hear you up very quickly while air of 104 still feels hot but takes much longer to get you to that same point. This may be an easier way to envision what has already been well explained