By late July, the Midwest's most abundant crop is prospering and perspiring enough to cause a slight bump in humidity levels.

Summers in the Midwest always include humidity, making it feel much hotter than the temperature indicates, but what’s to blame? “It’s not the heat that gets you, it’s the humidity”, is a phrase all Midwestern residents have heard before,

Mid-July to mid-August is when crops in the Midwest release the most water because of the combination of their maturity and peak heat.