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The Sweatiest Cities in America

by Justin Glow (RSS feed) on Jun 28th 2007 at 5:30PM

"If you ever need to fill a swimming pool with sweat, and you need to do it in a hurry," reads this article by Live Science, "you might enlist the entire population of Phoenix, Ariz., home to the sweatiest people in the nation." Mmm ... a swimming pool filled with sweat: how refreshing!

For the second year in a row, Phoenix is ranked the number 1 sweatiest city in America, producing "26 ounces of sweat per hour while walking outdoors." With a population of 1.5 million, that's 39 million ounces of sweat in one city, or almost 2 million 20-ounce bottles worth per hour. Wow! Here are the 10 sweatiest cities in America (or where not to travel to this summer):

Phoenix
Las Vegas
Tucson, Ariz.
Dallas
Corpus Christi, Texas
San Antonio, Texas
Austin, Texas
Shreveport, La.
Houston
Waco, Texas

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BACKFLIP Jul 4th 2007 11:46PM

I live in Shreveport, Louisiana and I can honestly say including Shreveport that none of these cities could compete with New Orleans. Its not only hot but HUMID N.O. is my favorite city but the weather is BRUTAL!!!!

Dana Jul 4th 2007 11:46PM

I just returned from a family vacation to Disney World in Orlando, Fl. I am certain that it was as hot and humid there as anywhere else that I've ever been. There was no reason to fix your hair or even attempt to put on makeup! Wonderful time, not so wonderful weather!(:

bill w Jul 5th 2007 3:20AM

i can tell none of the people that did this survey have never been to the mississippi delta .where the temp over 95 plus 80% humidity will make the other places look like a walk in the park

asahabbe Jul 4th 2007 11:51PM

You've named all the cities where it's hot but not thick with humidity. Try Baltimore, MD or Washington, DC in August. You'll die of the heat and humidity there!

Kathy in Vegas Jul 4th 2007 11:52PM

I live in Las Vegas. You just get used to the heat. We break out the winter coats when it goes below 70. Case in point, it was around 110 today. We barbequed outside. My husband keeps the a/c in our house SO cool that tonight, as usual I will snuggle underneath my electric blanket set at #7. No b.s.

Michelle Jul 4th 2007 11:56PM

I can't believe Houston was not #1? Why is Phoenix on this list at all. It can be 95 there and you still don't sweat. Why isn't St. Louis, MO on the list? If anyone has ever been there in July and August they would know that it is WAY more humid and sweaty than Dallas--I have lived in both places.

Dave Jul 19th 2007 2:42AM

I lived in #3, Tucson, for 30 years and spent a lot of time hiking in the mountains around the city and biking in it's streets. It wasn't until I moved to
Pennsylvannia with the high humidity that I found out what it is to truly sweat!!

grgcsmith Jul 5th 2007 12:08AM

Jacksonville Fl should be on the list!! I now live in Dallas and, it does get hot and sweaty here but grew up and lived in Jacksonville until I was 24. Jacksonville is just humid, hard to believe I never had AC until I was out of school and, now can't live without it!! Jacksonville you go out and, walk a block and, your clothes were soaked!! But, most times here in Dallas you don't sweat too long in the summer before, you start to BAKE!!

tinarandrews Jul 5th 2007 12:07AM

try florida with nearly 100%humidity year round.

Linda Chalem Jul 5th 2007 12:17AM

If the "sweat factor" is counted for all year long, my hometown of St. Louis, Mo. cannot be a candidate.
However, anyone who has lived in St. Louis or visited in the summer knows that the weather is so hot and humid you could cut through the air like taking a knife to a blanket!
Before air conditioning people used to go to parks and down by the Mississippi River to escape the heat at night....so they could sleep!!

Linda Parish Jul 5th 2007 12:21AM

I live in OHIO and we have air conditioning in the homes, cars, restaurants, businesses - Phoenix isn't exactly blazing a trail there and we don't have the kind of heat you do! That's not enough to entice me to visit...... I changed planes in Phoenix once and had to walk outside from the plane to the gate (what? no air conditioned walkway??) and that was enough Phoenix heat to last me a lifetime. But I'm glad you enjoy it!

Ron Jul 5th 2007 12:23AM

Regarding Comment #5. San Juan Puerto Rico is not a US city as Puerto Rico is NOT a US state. The list took into account US cities from the 50 US States. US territories are not included. The continental US would not include Alaska or Hawaii.

Jack Jul 6th 2007 2:25PM

I'm from shreveport LA., i believe we ought to be #5 or less. I start sweating right when I walk out the door. We have humidity like you wouldn't believe and that's what makes you sweat. It just isn't all about the heat, the humidity is what gets a person sweating. You ought to have a few Alabama and Mississipi cities in that top 10 also.

utahgirlinms Jul 5th 2007 12:33AM

I cannot believe no Mississippi cities are on the list. I live right outside of Hattiesburg and it is horrible!!! Coming from Utah, I have never sweated so much in my life!!!

Bina Jul 5th 2007 12:38AM

1st of all -- have you ever been to Chicago????? We just came from Scottsdale, AZ (outside of Phoenix) and I have to say at 112 degrees by day and 93 by night, we did NOT sweat at all.

Here in Chicago, on the other hand, I'm so sticky today I could be used as a substitute for fly-paper.

Try again,folks.

Soup Jul 5th 2007 12:43AM

I live in Tucson. It's HOT in summer but it's a dry heat! Try the shore of the Salton Sea in July, that'll change your mind about misery.

Lex Jul 7th 2007 1:24AM

I've lived in Miami my entire life and I can't believe it isn't on the list. I currently split my time between Miami and Dallas and I find it hard to believe that Dallas is even on the list. Sure it is definitely hot in Dallas but the humidity is so much lower than it is in Miami (and other places), which is equally as hot, if not hotter than Dallas. Totally surprising.

mia irving Jul 5th 2007 12:42AM

I lived in no. 1 for 8 years. Yes, I was there in 1989 when the all time high hit 122 degrees. I do know that Yuma, AZ is is hotter than Phx. I grew up in Yuma and Phx was a break from that heat. Yuma should be no. 1.

Hugh Jul 5th 2007 12:45AM

Never had the pleasure of experiencing New Orleans..
live in Phoenix area now & raised in Dallas I can handle Phnx at 105 better than Dallas at 98.. my theory: In Texas they have the 'Misery Index' (like the 'Chill Factor' but with humidity and heat instead of wind and cold) ..my observation/theory is that thick humidity acts like a giant convex lens that can cook you like a bug under a magnifying glass

DOROTHY SMITH Jul 5th 2007 7:50PM

TRY LIVING IN VICTORVILLE CA. ITS BEEN 107 FOR THE PAST WEEK AND AT NIGHT ITS 70'S DOROTHY

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