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Surprising fact: Corn impacts weather

As surprising as it sounds, mature corn does impact the weather here in the Miami Valley during the summer months.

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Like evaporation, water in plants, or in this case corn, is evaporated on the hot, sunny summer days.

This process is called transpiration.

On especially calm, hot and sunny days, this water is transported from the plant to the lowest later of troposphere known as the planetary boundary layer, or the layer of air just above the earth.

The first impact is the notable increase in the amount of moisture in the air.

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This increase in humidity is physically noticeable, but it goes one step further. An increase in atmospheric moisture supplies additional fuel for rain clouds to develop.

So, one could go as far to say that rain makes corn, but corn also makes rain at times.


Jesse Maag

Jesse Maag

Hello, Dayton! I’ve made a short trip from the north to join Storm Center 7 for my second job as an on air meteorologist. I started my career at WLIO in Lima, OH where I climbed to the position of Chief Meteorologist. You'll now find me on Channel 7 as the Weekend Meteorologist.

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