Summers in the Midwest always include humidity, making it feel much hotter than the temperature indicates, but what’s to blame? “It’s not the heat that gets you, it’s the humidity”, is a phrase all Midwestern residents have heard before,

As dangerously hot weather is set to blister over Chicago this week, a Midwest-centric term "corn sweat" is making its rounds yet again.

Every summer in the Midwest, residents brace themselves for not only sweltering temperatures but something a bit more mysterious – a stifling heat that seemingly sticks to the skin.