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Why does a desert cooler cool better on a hot dry day?

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When a liquid evaporates, the particles of the liquid absorb energy from the surroundings to compensate the loss of energy during evaporation. This makes the surroundings cool. 

In a desert cooler, the water inside it is made to evaporate. This leads to absorption of energy from the surroundings, thereby cooling the surroundings. Again, we know that evaporation depends on the amount of water vapour present in air (humidity). If the amount of water vapour present in air is less, then evaporation is more. On a hot dry day, the amount of water vapour present in air is less. Thus, water present inside the desert cooler evaporates more, thereby cooling the surroundings more. 

That is why a desert cooler cools better on a hot dry day.

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The rate of evaporation increases with increase in temperature and decrease in humidity. A desert cooler functions on the basis of evaporation. As evaporation increases when the day is hot and dry, so the desert cooler functions to a better extent.

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