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

If the air has to much moisture in it the water on your skin has a hard time evaporating. Yhe process of evaporation is what makes sweat/misters work on cooling you down.