friendly reminder that of the corn grown in the US, roughly 38% of it goes to animal feed and 36% to ethanol fuel. only like 10% goes to human consumption, half of which is sweeteners like high fructose corn syrup
CONGRATULATIONS Iowa and Illinois – you're more humid than the Amazon Rainforest.
Blame the corn. A single acre of mature corn this time of year can evapotranspirate, or "sweat," between 2,000 and 4,000 gallons of water per day. That moisture festers in the lower atmosphere, making the heat index values unbearable.
Dew points could reach 80 DEGREES. LUCKY US! Every cubic meter of air is holding more than half a shot glass' worth of water.
For comparison, the highest dew point I could find in the Amazon was 79º. So parts of Iowa and Illinois... yep. More humid. Enjoy. :/