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Woo Hoo! It’s Friday! Let me lay a Kick Butt Tip of the Day on you. “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” In other words, please don’t…

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Woo Hoo! It's Friday! Let me lay a Kick Butt Tip of the Day on you. "Don't let yesterday take up too much of today." In other words, please don't let the negatives of yesterday or yesteryear steal the magic from today. Decide that today is going to be a GREAT day and then make it happen! YES!

- Don Chase's Kick Butt Tip of the Day is a daily motivational feature designed to give you the inspiration you need to power through your day. Check out all the Kick Butt Tips here.

Ah summer in Fayetteville, where the sweat is so bad, we've now been recognized as one of the sweatiest cities in the entire country.

The good folks at mydatingadvisor.com put together a list of the sweatiest cities in the country, among the top 200 largest metro areas. And Fayetteville came in at number 46 on the list, the second sweatiest city in North Carolina. Charlotte as at 42.

So what is it that makes a city the sweatiest in the country? Well, a lot of things were taken into account in the study. A common theme in most of the top cities however, is that they are mostly in high humidity areas. We know all about that.

The study measured things like average summer temperatures, how long the summer season lasts, relative humidity, days above 90 degrees, exercise rates, population density and a lot more.

"In order to determine the sweatiest cities in the nation, MyDatingAdviser.com compared 200 of the largest metro areas across three key dimensions: 1) Weather, 2) Sweat Factors and 3) Cooling Off. We evaluated each of those dimensions using 12 relevant metrics of perspiration friendliness."

With all that taken into account, Fayetteville came in just below Augusta, Georgia on the list, and just above Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

So here's a look at where the sweatiest cities in the country and in North Carolina are, including Fayetteville.

National Top 10

Here's the sweatiest cities in the country overall.

1. Orlando, Florida

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Lots of sweaty people at Disney in Orlando. Obviously. (Photo by Jacqueline Nell/Disneyland Resort via Getty Images)

    2. Corpus Christi, Texas

      3. Baton Rouge, Louisiana

        4. New Orleans, Louisiana

          5. Tallahassee, Florida

            6. Houston, Texas

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              7. Montgomery, Alabama

                8. Cape Coral, Florida

                  9. Laredo, Texas

                    10. Jacksonville, Florida

                      The Sweatiest Cities in North Carolina

                      Here's where all the North Carolina cities came in on the list, with their overall national ranking.

                      42. Charlotte

                      Aerial of Downtown Charlotte, North Carolina, USAGetty Images

                      Downtown Charlotte, North Carolina. (Getty Images)

                      47. Fayetteville

                      Fayetteville nc

                      60. Raleigh

                      raleigh

                      112. Greensboro

                      Aerial of Downtown Greensboro North Carolina NC Skyline

                      Greensboro, North Carolina (Getty Images)

                      114. Winston-Salem

                      Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA Downtown Skyline

                      Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Getty Images)

                      120. Durham

                      Durham Skyline

                      Durham, North Carolina

                      132. Cary

                      downtown cary

                      The Least Sweaty Cities in the Country

                      And what about the places without sweat? There's a pattern here too.

                      The Bottom (but really top) 5