Florida is home to America’s sweatiest cities, gross study reveals

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · May 30, 2026 · 333 words · By Sonya Gugliara

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Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleFlorida’s a hot, stinky mess.

Common ground

The Sunshine State is home to America’s three sweatiest cities — where dehydration and B.O.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

Follow-up questions

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that West Palm Beach, Miami and Fort Myers are the hardest places to beat the heat, according to a new study by beverage company Waterboy?
How does this story connect Climate and Humidity with Regional Stereotyping over the next few days?

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eFinder identified 2 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 90% confidence

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “West Palm Beach, Miami and Fort Myers are the hardest places to beat the heat, according to a new study by beverage company Waterboy.”

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Three independent web sources (CW33.com, Yahoo, and another news report) confirm that a study by Waterboy identified West Palm Beach, Miami, and Fort Myers as the sweatiest/hardest places to beat the heat.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Daniel Francis Fouts (born June 10, 1951) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL) throughout his 15-se…
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Claim 2: “The city spends 54.1% of the year above the National Weather Service’s caution threshold of 80 degrees.”

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The evidence provided contains general information about Fahrenheit conversion and Miami beach temperatures, but nothing regarding the specific percentage of the year West Palm Beach spends above 80 degrees.

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web search NEUTRAL — Quora is a place to gain and share knowledge. It's a platform to ask questions and connect with people who contribute unique insights and quality answers. This empowers people to learn from each other…
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web search NEUTRAL — When boiling water on a mountain above sea level the boiling point is reduced below 100 °C. The symbol of Celsius degrees is °C. How to convert Fahrenheit to Celsius. 0 degrees Fahrenheit is equal to …
https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/temperature/fahrenheit-t…

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web search NEUTRAL — Miami Beach has long been a playground for those seeking sunny days and wild nights. If you’re wondering if it’s worth visiting Miami in December, during this time of the year temperatures can reach u…
https://www.7continents1passport.com/warmest-beaches-in-flor…

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Claim 3: “Of the top 10 cities, seven are in Florida.”

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The evidence provided for this claim refers to the movie 'Seven' and the FIFA World Cup. There is no evidence in the provided text confirming that seven of the top ten cities in the Waterboy study are in Florida.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 FIFA World Cup is the 23rd and current FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tourname…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 FIFA World Cup has been accompanied by a number of controversies relating to political, logistical, environmental, and human rights issues across its three host nations—the United States, Can…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Each entry on this list of common misconceptions is worded as a correction; the misconceptions themselves are implied rather than stated. These entries are concise summaries; the main subject articles…
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Claim 4: “Tampa and Orlando have slightly more tolerable conditions and trailed close behind with respective scores of 40.7 and 37.4.”

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No evidence was found after searching for this specific claim.

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Claim 5: “The fourth most drenched city is Honolulu, Hawaii, ranked at 46.4 on the hydration scale.”

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The web search result 'America's Sweatiest Cities' lists the top cities, and other search results confirm Honolulu's presence in the top five. The specific score of 46.4 is mentioned in the context of the ranking.

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web search NEUTRAL — The City and County of Honolulu was the leader amongst the counties in performing best overall and ranked best in 40.4 percent of the comparable indicators. The ...
https://files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/economic/data_reports/quality…

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web search NEUTRAL — This study was prepared under contract with the City and County of Honolulu Office of Climate Change,. Sustainability and Resiliency (CCSR) in partnership ...
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web search NEUTRAL — This report was prepared based on the results of the technical assistance project,. City Cluster Economic Development: Innovative Interventions in South Asia, ...
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Claim 6: “New Orleans came in eighth place with a score of 36.1, followed by Houston at 35.3.”

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Claim 7: “Miami and Fort Myers scored 51 and 46.4 respectively.”

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The web search result 'America's Sweatiest Cities' explicitly lists Miami with a score of 51.0 and Fort Myers with a score of 46.4.

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web search NEUTRAL — Study results presented in part at: Association for Research in Vision and. Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, May 2005, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Study sponsored by ...
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web search NEUTRAL — Music interventions have been used to alleviate symptoms and treatment side effects in people with cancer.
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web search NEUTRAL — A direct result of this review has been the development of an engineering methodology for river and stream aeration systems. The major objective in any aeration ...
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Claim 8: “West Palm Beach — the city in most desperate need of deodorant — has a score of 58.9.”

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A specific web search result titled 'America's Sweatiest Cities' explicitly states that West Palm Beach takes the top spot with a Hydration Demand Score of 58.9.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Alliance for Youth Sports (NAYS) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.. NAYS provides a variety of programs and services for everyone involved i…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Trump International Hotel and Tower, or simply the Trump Tower, is a skyscraper condo-hotel in the Near North Side community area in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States. The building, named …
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Claim 9: “Crunching climate data across 80 cities, the Texas-based brand developed “Hydration Demand Scores” based on heat index, average temperature, dew point and humidity, on a scale of zero to 100.”

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While the existence of the Waterboy brand is confirmed, the specific details about the 'Hydration Demand Scores' methodology (80 cities, specific metrics) are not corroborated by multiple independent sources in the provided evidence; only the general study is mentioned.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pierre Marcel Poilievre (born June 3, 1979) is a Canadian politician who has served as the leader of the Conservative Party and leader of the Official Opposition since 2022. First elected in 2004, he …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the entertainment industry, a sleeper hit is a film, television series, music release, video game or other entertainment product that was initially unsuccessful on release, but eventually became a …
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Claim 10: “In 10th place, Jacksonville earned a sweaty score of 31.9.”

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Claim 11: “Among the top 10 most stifling cities, heat and humidity peak in August for all but Houston and Jacksonville, where the muggiest conditions hit hardest in July, according to the study.”

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Claim 12: “The national average score is 17.5.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of unrelated search results regarding water demand in plumbing and AI data centers. No evidence confirms the national average score of 17.5 for the Waterboy study.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Faculty is a 1998 American science fiction horror film directed and edited by Robert Rodriguez with a screenplay by Kevin Williamson, about a group of high school students who begin to suspect tha…
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Claim 13: “Melbourne, Florida — which landed in fifth place — has a score of 41.5.”

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