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Hot take: Orlando named sweatiest city in the country

ORLANDO, Fla. — People in Orlando are pretty hot, at least according to a new study.

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The City Beautiful has been named the sweatiest city in the U.S. by MyDatingAdvisor.

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The study compared 200 of the largest U.S. cities across the following categories: weather, sweat factors and cooling off, as well as data points such as the number of days above 90 degrees, population density and the availability of air conditioning and bodies of water to cool down.

According to the study, Orlando has an average summer temperature of 83.5 degrees, with a high of 92 degrees and low of 75 degrees. The city’s summer lasts 4.4 months, has a relative humidity of 78%, has 97 days above 90 degrees per year, an exercise rate of 50.6% and 2,642 people per square mile.

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Read the full study here.

Corpus Christi, Texas, came in as the second-sweatiest city; followed by Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in third.

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See a map of the sweatiest cities below:

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Adam Poulisse, WFTV.com

Adam Poulisse joined WFTV in November 2019.