June 15, 200620 yr Amazing what they measure and what can make international newsline from this country........... Phoenix sweats most but Miami suffers more Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:25 PM BST NEW YORK (Reuters) Phoenix on Wednesday was named the sweatiest city in the United States, but Miami topped the list as the most uncomfortable American city due to its mix of humidity and heat. The fifth annual sweat survey sponsored by Procter & Gamble Co. handed the dubious distinction to the Arizona capital for the third time. El Paso, Texas, earned the title in 2004 and San Antonio, Texas, in 2002. The study of 100 cities estimates the amount of sweat a person of average weight and height would produce walking around for an hour in the average high temperatures of a particular city during June, July and August. The latest survey found that the average Phoenix resident produced 26 ounces (0.77 litre) of sweat per hour during a typical summer day last year when the desert city's high temperature averaged 93.3 F (34 C). It means that in under three hours, Phoenix residents collectively produced enough sweat to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool, said Jay Gooch, sweat expert at Old Spice, a Procter & Gamble Co. antiperspirant brand. Source
June 15, 200620 yr There goes that BS about desert heat being more tolerable isn't the story arguing that desert heat IS more tolerable than Miami? Or it's at least saying that miami heat is more intolerable, therefore transitively meaning that desert heat is more tolerable.
June 15, 200620 yr Author it's pretty rough at it's peak, but all in all i'll take 105 with our humidity than 90 with high humidity ..... now when it gets to the days where it is 120+ during the day and still 100 at night and it's monsoon season, that's a different story misconception that dry heat means no sweat - you still sweat, but with a relative lack of moisture in the air, as everything stabalizes to equilibrium your body cools and dries a little faster - as opposed to the humidity where the sweat just sticks on you they had a fire drill at work the other day, so after trouncing down 11 flights of stairs we had to stand in the sun for 30 minutes - in work clothes - could feel the sweat - sucked There goes that BS about desert heat being more tolerable isn't the story arguing that desert heat IS more tolerable than Miami? Or it's at least saying that miami heat is more intolerable, therefore transitively meaning that desert heat is more tolerable. that's how I read it - although we sweat more here, you guys are more uncomfortable because of the humidity
June 16, 200620 yr Atomic clock at one point yesterday said the outside temp was 104. It can quite miserable outside in summer, but I still like it down here. I kinda miss the daily downpour during the summer though which hasn't happened this year.
June 16, 200620 yr Author I think the weather nuts here would get a kick out of our dust storms and monsoons here is a couple pics from a storm we received about a week ago - there was some rain a little earlier, but by the time it hit the city it was pretty much a dry wall of dust (I can only link to the slideshow.....) http://www.azcentral.com/php-bin/commphoto...al.com/weather/ and here is a link to just some info/pics about the monsoon http://www.azcentral.com/weather/monsoon/
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