America's Sweatiest Cities

[klah]

http://www.wftv.com/news/4621036/detail.html

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Phoenix turned up the heat to jump to the top of the list after dropping to just No. 3 last year, living up to its nickname "Valley of the Sun." The city also took top honors in 2003.

Cities in Texas and Florida continued to dominate the top 10 while, for the first time, a city in Nevada cracked the top 5 with Las Vegas ranking No. 2. The least sweatiest cities include Green Bay, Wis., Colorado Springs, Colo., and San Francisco.

The rankings are based on the average U.S. male/female height/weight and the average high temperature for 2004 in each of the cities during June, July and August. The sweat level was analyzed based on the assumption that an individual was walking for one hour.

Living in what now ranks as one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation, the average Phoenix resident produced .76 liters of sweat per hour during a typical summer day in 2004 -- more than two 12-ounce glasses of lemonade. In a two-hour period, residents of Phoenix collectively produced more than enough sweat to equal a 12-ounce glass of lemonade for everyone in the state of Arizona, according to a news release.

 

[meltdown75]

aw dude Detroit has gotta be up there. it's so damn humid around here. (SW Ont)

(78. Detroit) hmm.

i wonder if they factor in humidity.

 

[SynthDude2001]

San Antonio is all the way down at #11? This list is BS :laugh:

 

[klah]

Originally posted by: SynthDude2001
San Antonio is all the way down at #11? This list is BS :laugh:

Well it is conducted by a deodorant company, so I doubt it would pass any sort of scientific rigor.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: klah

Originally posted by: SynthDude2001
San Antonio is all the way down at #11? This list is BS :laugh:

Well it is conducted by a deodorant company, so I doubt it would pass any sort of scientific rigor.

true.dat

 

[IronWing]

Hmmm,

The method doesn't account for humidity, just water loss. In the desert you don't feel sweaty, the salt just accumulates on your skin.

Need to re-do it with humidity in the equation and Phoenix would drop out and the Southeast and east Texas would dominate.

 

[Sphexi]

Well that was a bit better than I thought it'd be. I was assuming from the title that they'd just be looking at heat/humidity, not the avg weight of residents. So a fat city in the north would probably rank higher than a thin city in the south, since heavier people tend to sweat easier.