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It is actually not a matter of sweating more but of it being more difficult to evaporate the sweat. If you are in a dry and windy place it is very simple for sweat to evaporate, in a more humid area there is more water in the air already and therefore makes evaporation of the sweat much more difficult. Then it would appear that you sweat more because you are seeing the sweat, however it is a matter of evaporation.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 11y agoWe sweat more on a humid day because sweat isn't able to evaporate as quickly as on a dry day (where there is no water vapors in the air) because already there is lot of moisture present in the air.
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∙ 12y agoIt's not that people sweat more in humid weather, it's that the sweat isn't able to evaporate as quickly.
To get rid of moisture on the skin, the skin relies on the air. If the humidity in the air is low, then sweat evaporates more easily allowing us to feel cooler. If the humidity in the air is high, then sweat can not evaporate as easily, making us feel hotter and more sweaty. If there is 100% humidity, then sweat can not evaporate at all.
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∙ 14y agoYou actually perspire all the time when it's hot. However, when it's humid, the sweat doesn't evaporate as well so you can see and feel it on the body.
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∙ 11y agoThe humidity traps the heat (the Greenhouse Effect), the heat makes your body hot, and you sweat to cool yourself down.
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Does Higher humidity makes you sweat more?
Yes. You perspire to lose heat- from the evaporation of the sweat. In high humidity, sweat evaporates poorly, so you sweat more (because you are cooled less).
What is more comfortable - high humidity or low humidity?
A day with low humidityLow humidity. High humidity will prevent sweat from evaporating and hence make you feel warmer.
What factors influence sweat rates?
heat asthma(not sure) humidity excess sweat glands spicy food-curry makes you sweat nervous- you get really nervous and start to sweat crazy- tension
Why the sweat from a body does not evaporate easily on a hot and a sticky day?
The stickiness of the day is humidity. So most of the moisture on your body is the wetness in the air and not just sweat.
What happens if humidity increase And does it affect breathing?
increase in humidity can only happen if the location is currounded by water like coastal regions or in case of heavy rainfalls ..if it rains regurlarly like in the amazon rain forests. No it doesn't affect breathing..you will sweat more ..if humidity increases. breathing is affected by reduced oxygen content or reduced atmospheric pressure.
Does Higher humidity makes you sweat more?
Yes. You perspire to lose heat- from the evaporation of the sweat. In high humidity, sweat evaporates poorly, so you sweat more (because you are cooled less).
Would your sweat evaporate more quickly if there were a 92 percent humidity?
as apposed to...?
Why does a pop can sweat?
i think a pop can sweat because of the humidity
Will sweat evaporate more quickly if the humidity is 92 percent or 37 percent?
37%
What is more comfortable - high humidity or low humidity?
A day with low humidityLow humidity. High humidity will prevent sweat from evaporating and hence make you feel warmer.
Would sweat evaporate more quickly if the humidity were 92 percent or 37 percent?
I believe when you said Humidity, it meant Relative Humidity. When RH is more, in your case 92 percent, the air can absorb less water than the RH is at 37 percent. That is the reason we sweat when the humidity is more in the atmosphere. High temperature with less atmospheric RH is popularly known as DRY heat, where your sweat will readily evaporate and you will never know you are perspiring until you feel dizzy or faint out with sun stroke.
Why high humidity makes us feel hotter in hot weather?
One of our body's mechanisms to cool us down is to sweat. In a low humidity environment the sweat can evaporate, absorbing extra heat from our body to help cool it. In high humidity, it is much more difficult - or impossible - for the sweat to evaporate and thus we can't get the benefit of the evaporative cooling.
Why does high humidity makes us feel hotter in hot weather?
One of our body's mechanisms to cool us down is to sweat. In a low humidity environment the sweat can evaporate, absorbing extra heat from our body to help cool it. In high humidity, it is much more difficult - or impossible - for the sweat to evaporate and thus we can't get the benefit of the evaporative cooling.
Why does a hot day with high humidity make it more difficult to run?
Because when the air is hot if you breath it in it will make you sweat more and then all the water in your body will make sweat and you will dehydrate
What is a sentence for the word humidity?
The humidity was so moist I was raining sweat (Hope that helps)
What causes an air conditioner vent to sweat?
excessive humidity.
In humid weather why you have more sweating?
We seem to 'sweat more' on a humid day because as the air is already packed with water molecules, our sweat does not get a chance to evaporate as fast as it would in dry air. So as there is 'no room' for sweat to be absorbed into the water-filled air, which is what humidity is, the sweat just remains a liquid and drips down instead....
