Question
On a hot humid day, why do people perspire a lot?
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Answer
In hot humid days, sweating occurs due to high body temperature, but since the air around our bodies already contains water vapour in high amount (humidity), the sweat does not evaporate and we feel that we are perspiring a lot.
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