Where are you located? That happens every year here in Minnesota. The first spring blast of warm, moist air condenses on the surace of anything that is still cold, especially stones, concrete and metal. It's best to either leave buildings closed up to keep the moist air out, or fully open them to warm them above the dewpoint as fast as possible.
This morning my (25 year-old) garage was 51 degrees and dry, the concreete floor temperature was probably still in the 40's. Outside air was mid 60's with a 61 degree dewpoint. As soon as I opended the doors everything inside the garage started sweating because it was all colder than the fresh air's dewpoint.
I left all the doors open, during the day the temperature rose into the mid 70's and the dewpoint stayed at 61. As things in the garage warmed above the dewpoint they dried off again, including the concrete floor. Stepping stones on the north side of the garage were still wet this evening, there was ice over them until Wednesday so that ground is still colder than the dewpoint.
I try to leave tools that I'm not using in their cabinets, drawers and tool boxes to keep them dry in this weather. Any unprotected steel rusts quickly this time of year. Once temperatures equalize above the dewpoint the condensation problems go away.
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