This week's heat wave has brought excessive heat warnings, heat advisories and even school cancellations across Wisconsin and the upper Midwest. This intense heat was largely caused by an upper ridge ...

Much of the Midwest, including Franklin County, is under a heat advisory this week and one phenomenon that may be contributing to how humid it is outside is corn and the water it sweats off while ...

One of Ohio’s most popular crops is intensifying humidity and heat in Greater Cincinnati this week. That’s due to a phenomenon called “corn sweat,” also known as evapotranspiration. Like all plants, ...

The smell of corn is currently prevalent in parts of the Midwest, experts said. A phenomenon called "corn sweat" could exacerbate the impacts of the extreme heat blanketing a large portion of the ...

FROM METHODIST HOSPITAL. SO GREEN OUT THERE. WELL, DANGEROUS TEMPERATURES ACROSS NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA ARE PUTTING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE UNDER A HEAT ADVISORY. THE HIGH HUMIDITY HAS MANY ONLINE ...

Triple digit heat blankets the Southwest this week, and forecasters expect the ridge of high pressure to park over the western Corn Belt next week. AccuWeather forecasters project U.S. corn production ...

The Midwest is bracing for a brutal heat wave this week, and millions of acres of corn crops are about to make it feel even worse. As temperatures soar across the region, a natural process called ...

Here’s a rather unappetizing weather-related phrase that is suddenly circulating on social media, driven, in part, by news media reports aimed at finding creative ways to keep you reading and tell you ...

The heat wave baking the central United States this week may feel worse than those earlier in the summer, and corn is partly to blame. The claim may sound unusual, but this common crop can actually ...

MID-MICHIGAN (WJRT) - Experts explain that corn fields can contribute to humidity as the plants release moisture to stay cool. Jeff Knickerbocker, owner of Knickerbocker Farms, said, "Heat is great as ...