‘Corn sweat’ could make Iowa hot and sticky soon as temperatures ramp up

A steamy summer week is ahead as forecasters say most of Iowa will see high temperatures in the low 90s today (Monday), with highs creeping up over the next several days, and Friday may be the hottest day of the week.

National Weather Service meteorologist Mike Fowle says today will be a little hotter than yesterday, but it won’t be unbearably hot, not yet at least.

“It’s going to keep warming up. We’re going to keep gaining a couple degrees and we’re going to be in the low 90s by Tuesday,” Fowle says, “and then as we get into Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, we’re expecting actual air temperatures in the middle 90s and we could get some heat indices nearing that triple digit mark once again.”…

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