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CINCINNATI, June 15, 2005 – In anticipation of the first day of summer on Tuesday, June 21, Old Spice today announced its Fourth Annual Top-100 Sweatiest Cities List – a ranking of the nation’s heaviest sweaters during the summer months. For the second time in four years, the No. 1 perspiration producer is Phoenix, taking the title from last year’s top-ranking city of
El Paso, Texas. The top honor also went to the famed desert city back in 2003.
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.” 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!
In recognition of its top placement on the list, Old Spice will be delivering a year’s supply of Old Spice Red Zone antiperspirant, the strongest form of wetness protection available for guys, to Phoenix mayor, Honorable Phil Gordon.
“Weather patterns are constantly changing, and this of course has a tremendous effect on where cities fall in the Sweatiest Cities ranking,” said Dr. Paul Ruscher, associate professor and associate chair of meteorology at Florida State University. “While cities like Phoenix have consistently remained one of the top-10 sweatiest cities, cities like San Francisco, which ranked No. 68 last year, fell to the bottom of our list at No. 100 – claiming the title ‘Least Sweaty City.’”
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.

― jody l'anti-vierge (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 17 June 2005 21:46 (eighteen years ago) link

"least sweatiest"?

― jody l'anti-vierge (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 17 June 2005 21:48 (eighteen years ago) link

ah, I call bullshit. Today, Austin has to be the sweatiest place in america. argh!

― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Friday, 17 June 2005 21:50 (eighteen years ago) link

Warshington, D & C.

― Aimless (Aimless), Friday, 17 June 2005 21:51 (eighteen years ago) link

here is the full list:

TOP-100 SWEATIEST CITIES IN AMERICA
Brought to You By the Sweat Experts at Old Spice

1. Phoenix, AZ 52. Philadelphia, PA
2. Las Vegas, NV 53. Roanoke, VA
3. Tucson, AZ 54. Evansville, IN
4. Miami, FL 55. Baltimore, MD
5. Corpus Christi, TX 56. Omaha, NE
6. West Palm Beach, FL 57. Springfield, MO
7. Houston, TX 58. Kansas City, MO
8. Tampa, FL 59. New York, NY
9. Orlando, FL 60. Lexington, KY
10. Fort Myers, FL 61. Cincinnati, OH
11. San Antonio, TX 62. Los Angeles, CA
12. Honolulu, HI 63. Columbus, OH
13. Dallas, TX 64. Asheville, NC
14. Montgomery, AL 65. Indianapolis, IN
15. New Orleans, LA 66. Moline, IL
16. Mobile, AL 67. Sioux Falls, SD
17. Baton Rouge, LA 68. Spokane, WA
18. Waco, TX 69. San Diego, CA
19. Jacksonville, FL 70. Toledo, OH
20. El Paso, TX 71. Hartford, CT
21. Austin, TX 72. Dayton, OH
22. Charleston, WV 73. Des Moines, IA
23. Fresno, CA 74. Boston, MA
24. Savannah, GA 75. Providence, RI
25. Shreveport, LA 76. Portland, OR
26. Columbia, SC 77. Pittsburgh, PA
27. Memphis, TN 78. Detroit, MI
28. Jackson, MS 79. Springfield, IL
29. Little Rock, AR 80. Albany, NY
30. Birmingham, AL 81. Cleveland, OH
31. Atlanta, GA 82. Fort Wayne, IN
32. Tulsa, OK 83. Chicago, IL
33. Oklahoma City, OK 84. Minneapolis, MN
34. Raleigh, NC 85. Grand Rapids, MI
35. Norfolk, VA 86. Denver, CO
36. Chattanooga, TN 87. Syracuse, NY
37. Richmond, VA 88. South Bend, IN
38. Greenville, SC 89. Madison, WI
39. Louisville, KY 90. Flint, MI
40. Washington, DC 91. Buffalo, NY
41. Greensboro, NC 92. Burlington, VT
42. Albuquerque, NM 93. Youngstown, OH
43. Charlotte, NC 94. Milwaukee, WI
44. Nashville, TN 95. Seattle, WA
45. Huntsville, AL 96. Rochester, NY
46. Virginia Beach, VA 97. Portland, ME
47. Wichita, KS 98. Green Bay, WI
48. St. Louis, MO 99. Colorado Springs, CO
49. Sacramento, CA 100. San Francisco, CA
50. Knoxville, TN
51. Salt Lake City, UT

― jody l'anti-vierge (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 17 June 2005 21:54 (eighteen years ago) link

b-b-but it's a dry heat!!
surely it must be some place in Florida or Lousiana.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 17 June 2005 21:55 (eighteen years ago) link

let's try this again:

TOP-100 SWEATIEST CITIES IN AMERICA
Brought to You By the Sweat Experts at Old Spice

1. Phoenix, AZ 52. Philadelphia, PA
2. Las Vegas, NV 53. Roanoke, VA
3. Tucson, AZ 54. Evansville, IN
4. Miami, FL 55. Baltimore, MD
5. Corpus Christi, TX 56. Omaha, NE
6. West Palm Beach, FL 57. Springfield, MO
7. Houston, TX 58. Kansas City, MO
8. Tampa, FL 59. New York, NY
9. Orlando, FL 60. Lexington, KY
10. Fort Myers, FL 61. Cincinnati, OH
11. San Antonio, TX 62. Los Angeles, CA
12. Honolulu, HI 63. Columbus, OH
13. Dallas, TX 64. Asheville, NC
14. Montgomery, AL 65. Indianapolis, IN
15. New Orleans, LA 66. Moline, IL
16. Mobile, AL 67. Sioux Falls, SD
17. Baton Rouge, LA 68. Spokane, WA
18. Waco, TX 69. San Diego, CA
19. Jacksonville, FL 70. Toledo, OH
20. El Paso, TX 71. Hartford, CT
21. Austin, TX 72. Dayton, OH
22. Charleston, WV 73. Des Moines, IA
23. Fresno, CA 74. Boston, MA
24. Savannah, GA 75. Providence, RI
25. Shreveport, LA 76. Portland, OR
26. Columbia, SC 77. Pittsburgh, PA
27. Memphis, TN 78. Detroit, MI
28. Jackson, MS 79. Springfield, IL
29. Little Rock, AR 80. Albany, NY
30. Birmingham, AL 81. Cleveland, OH
31. Atlanta, GA 82. Fort Wayne, IN
32. Tulsa, OK 83. Chicago, IL
33. Oklahoma City, OK 84. Minneapolis, MN
34. Raleigh, NC 85. Grand Rapids, MI
35. Norfolk, VA 86. Denver, CO
36. Chattanooga, TN 87. Syracuse, NY
37. Richmond, VA 88. South Bend, IN
38. Greenville, SC 89. Madison, WI
39. Louisville, KY 90. Flint, MI
40. Washington, DC 91. Buffalo, NY
41. Greensboro, NC 92. Burlington, VT
42. Albuquerque, NM 93. Youngstown, OH
43. Charlotte, NC 94. Milwaukee, WI
44. Nashville, TN 95. Seattle, WA
45. Huntsville, AL 96. Rochester, NY
46. Virginia Beach, VA 97. Portland, ME
47. Wichita, KS 98. Green Bay, WI
48. St. Louis, MO 99. Colorado Springs, CO
49. Sacramento, CA 100. San Francisco, CA
50. Knoxville, TN
51. Salt Lake City, UT

― jody l'anti-vierge (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 17 June 2005 21:56 (eighteen years ago) link

damn formatting:

52. Philadelphia, PA
53. Roanoke, VA
54. Evansville, IN
55. Baltimore, MD
56. Omaha, NE
57. Springfield, MO
58. Kansas City, MO
59. New York, NY
60. Lexington, KY
61. Cincinnati, OH
62. Los Angeles, CA
63. Columbus, OH
64. Asheville, NC
65. Indianapolis, IN
66. Moline, IL
67. Sioux Falls, SD
68. Spokane, WA
69. San Diego, CA
70. Toledo, OH
71. Hartford, CT
72. Dayton, OH
73. Des Moines, IA
74. Boston, MA
75. Providence, RI
76. Portland, OR
77. Pittsburgh, PA
78. Detroit, MI
79. Springfield, IL
80. Albany, NY
81. Cleveland, OH
82. Fort Wayne, IN
83. Chicago, IL
84. Minneapolis, MN
85. Grand Rapids, MI
86. Denver, CO
87. Syracuse, NY
88. South Bend, IN
89. Madison, WI
90. Flint, MI
91. Buffalo, NY
92. Burlington, VT
93. Youngstown, OH
94. Milwaukee, WI
95. Seattle, WA
96. Rochester, NY
97. Portland, ME
98. Green Bay, WI
99. Colorado Springs, CO
100. San Francisco, CA

― jody l'anti-vierge (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 17 June 2005 22:02 (eighteen years ago) link

how would you get sweaty in Phoenix? caddying?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 17 June 2005 22:04 (eighteen years ago) link

phoenix gets very very very hot in the summer. humidity don't matter.

― jody l'anti-vierge (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 17 June 2005 22:05 (eighteen years ago) link

New Orleans should be Top-5. San Francisco shouldn't be on there at all.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Friday, 17 June 2005 22:15 (eighteen years ago) link

no need for caddying, you sweat walking out the door when it's 110F.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 17 June 2005 22:18 (eighteen years ago) link

i hate sweating, so I picked the right city, I guess.

― donut e-goo (donut), Friday, 17 June 2005 22:21 (eighteen years ago) link

well, at least involuntary sweating.

― donut e-goo (donut), Friday, 17 June 2005 22:22 (eighteen years ago) link

Numba 11, baby!

― Bruce Bwned (Matt Chesnut), Friday, 17 June 2005 22:41 (eighteen years ago) link

"San Francisco shouldn't be on there at all...."

You haven't been to the End-Up on Sunday 6 a.m...

― andy --, Friday, 17 June 2005 23:00 (eighteen years ago) link

I find this article creepy. the implication is that some marketing goon is out there collecting and tabulating people's bodily fluid secretions (and, uh, how is this done exactly?)

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 17 June 2005 23:03 (eighteen years ago) link

What about Cool Hand Luke? Or Papillion? Come on, THAT'S SWEAT!

― andy --, Friday, 17 June 2005 23:13 (eighteen years ago) link

one year passes...
It's going to be even sweatier with a serial shooter on the loose

― Fsck Washing Ong's Hat (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 16:51 (seventeen years ago) link

Too late to matter, but: dry heat makes you sweat, too. The difference is that in a nice dry heat, your sweat actually works -- it runs pleasantly over you and evaporates quickly and creates the cooling effect it's supposed to, and so it actually feels kinda great to be all sweaty.

Whereas sweat in humid spots just kind of bubbles to the surface of your skin and sits there feeling disgusting -- I assume because the air is already too saturated with moisture for your sweat to evaporate quickly off of you. You wind up wetter and more disgusting but not actually so much cooler.

― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 18:21 (seventeen years ago) link

HI DERE

― I will commence to drop a knowledge bomb. (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 18:48 (seventeen years ago) link

xpost this is true. I went to Florida a couple of months ago and it was horrendous(schlepping around amusement parks did not help). I'd take five 110 degree California days over one 90 degree Florida day.

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 18:48 (seventeen years ago) link

this is why Houston deserves to be top of this list always and forever!

― ryan (ryan), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 18:56 (seventeen years ago) link

Cleveland's relative humidity this morning was 94%. The mildew in my bathroom is growing mold on it.

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 19:04 (seventeen years ago) link

i've lived in phoenix and tucson and i'll gladly take a 110 degree day there over a 90 degree day in the midwest or the south.

― grady (grady), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 19:16 (seventeen years ago) link

I'd take a 111 degree day there over an 89 degree day in ... nevermind.

― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 19:27 (seventeen years ago) link

an 89 degree day....in... your clogged colon?

― grady (grady), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 19:45 (seventeen years ago) link

two years pass...

http://www.recordcorner.nl/images/Brick-sweat.jpg

― Abbott, Friday, 25 July 2008 01:59 (fifteen years ago) link

Fuck you Phoenix, I think El Paso should win! (It being the area hub of commerce & culture and less than an hour aay from yours truly.)

― Abbott, Friday, 25 July 2008 02:00 (fifteen years ago) link

SWEAT

― Abbott, Friday, 25 July 2008 02:00 (fifteen years ago) link

I like the way that those cheap fucks (old spice) make up blogworthy marketing bullshit in exchange for their prize of! a year's supply to the fucking mayor. That's $36 right there.

― paulhw, Friday, 25 July 2008 02:39 (fifteen years ago) link

LEMONADE. WHY LEMONADE?

― Jesse, Friday, 25 July 2008 03:10 (fifteen years ago) link

That's

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, and almost 6 glasses of Vitamin D enriched whole milk).

― Jesse, Friday, 25 July 2008 03:12 (fifteen years ago) link

ok i don't know about any sweaty cities but my own: NYC better not be too humid today :/

― Surmounter, Friday, 25 July 2008 14:10 (fifteen years ago) link

sweating doesn't count if it evaporates right away

― El Tomboto, Friday, 25 July 2008 14:22 (fifteen years ago) link

that is some chump change
try living in a swamp

― El Tomboto, Friday, 25 July 2008 14:23 (fifteen years ago) link

sweating doesn't count if it evaporates right away

-- El Tomboto, Friday, 25 July 2008 14:22 (1 minute ago) Link

right? maybe the average human body loses more fluids via sweat glands while in Phoenix than anywhere else, but I don't see how New Orleans and Houston and maybe somewhere in FLA without anything resembling a sea breeze doesn't round out the top 5 of "sweatiest cities"

― will, Friday, 25 July 2008 14:30 (fifteen years ago) link

corpus christi TX OTM. I was there back in early May and walked out of my hotel about 8 in the morning and was all "WTF, did I spill juice on me at breakfast??"

nope. humidity.

― will, Friday, 25 July 2008 14:32 (fifteen years ago) link

The rain yesterday made the walk to the bus stop this morning pretty miserable. But for a few wonderful hours last night, walking was more like walking than swimming!

― Oilyrags, Friday, 25 July 2008 14:35 (fifteen years ago) link

fifteen years pass...

I have not been in... forever. What is happening in Phoenix?

― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 4 May 2024 22:32 (two weeks ago) link

uh, stl at #48? gtfo. place is a goddamn sauna.

― well below the otm mendoza line (Hunt3r), Saturday, 4 May 2024 23:38 (two weeks ago) link

I was there last fall and it was extremely sweaty

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 5 May 2024 01:32 (one week ago) link

Can confirm: still sweaty.

― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Monday, 6 May 2024 23:16 (one week ago) link


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