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Corn Sweat !!

Goodie2shoes — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:41:14 GMT

I was watching the local news today when the reporter mentioned "Corn Sweat" which I've never heard of ! Apparently during the months of July and August, corn fields sweat and 1 acre of corn can release 3-5 gals of water into the air causing the heat index to rise ! I don't live close to any corn fields but it's about 93 degress here in St. Louis with a heat index over 100 right now.

So if you live close to a corn field take care and stay safe !!

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4kitties — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:50:22 GMT

I live near corn, soybean and pumpkin fields! Yes, it is very humid!

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shoekitty — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 01:54:23 GMT

@Goodie2shoes @4kitties Good Lord, it is true ...I learn something new everyday. That actually was interesting, useful info. We do have cornfields close by. Ran and got my umbrella, lol, lol!

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nwbabs — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 03:41:07 GMT

@shoekitty @Goodie2shoes @4kitties

Thank you for this interesting thread! Love learning something new. I've never lived that close to major cornfields and appreciate the umbrella humor. Needless to say, I'm all 'ears' to hear more. LOL

This does make think of how all this water could be harvested for reuse. But, I'm no scientist, only curious cat. So, a bit of research is in order. Cheers!

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Roscoe the Rascal — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:45:45 GMT

True and I live in Iowa and lots of corn fields.

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Cats3000 — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:39:24 GMT

What are you talking about? What reporter on what station?

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on the bay — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:47:30 GMT

@Cats3000 wrote:
What are you talking about? What reporter on what station?

@Cats3000,

Your response made me laugh. There's always weird things we can learn here every day!

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Desertdi — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:29:18 GMT

I'm from NE Illinois...Chicago to be exact. Never heard of such a thing. The humidity comes straight off Lake Michigan!

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JeanLouiseFinch — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:57:46 GMT

We live in a rural community. Our house is in a subdivision but there are farms and big corn fields all around. I've never heard of this.

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geezerette — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:58:16 GMT

I live near an area that raises a lot of rice too, so not only do we have corn sweat we have rice sweat. And since the rice fields need to be flooded with water, we have the humidity from all that water too. It makes the heat index really spike up. 🥵

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shoptilyadropagain — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:12:12 GMT

I first heard of this last year or the year before. Figures, my town is a very small rural farming community and is surrounded by corn fields (and bean fields, etc.).

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Shanus — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:23:31 GMT

@Goodie2shoes Corn sweat? That's a new one on me.

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Goodie2shoes — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:33:10 GMT

@Cats3000 wrote:What are you talking about? What reporter on what station?

This was reported on my local CBS station "First Alert 4" St. Louis. I also looked up "Corn Sweat" online to read more about it. Check it out it's very interesting and you probably saw the post from @4Kitties after my initial post.

Thanks

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4kitties — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:46:14 GMT

@Cats3000 wrote:
What are you talking about? What reporter on what station?

Please check it out for yourself. I promise, it is a very real thing!

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Sooner — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:45:59 GMT

I do know that soybeans lose mosture quickly in a hot dry wind and the leaves sort of shrivel and turn more upside down. So when you drive by and look at them, you see a lot of the silver underside.

That's you $$$$ for next year on their last legs. It's a bad sight to see.