In my dorm, I take my sweater off and set it on the bed. It lies there making crackly noises for the next 30 seconds. Sometimes when I touch my doorknob I get a shock so powerful it actually hurts a little. I’ve never experienced such extreme static electricity anywhere else! Could it be because the air here is very dry, does that affect it? What else affects it?

Topics: weather, physics, electricity, meteorology, static electricity