Highest Temperature on Earth?
Oct 30, 2015 08:45:34 #
Death Valley holds the record as the hottest place on earth, with 134° being recorded on July 10, 1913. Last night, I saw an article about 119° being a new October high temp. It was set in South Africa this past Tuesday. That's got to be very uncomfortable.
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=3171
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=3171
Oct 30, 2015 08:59:52 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Death Valley holds the record as the hottest place on earth, with 134° being recorded on July 10, 1913. Last night, I saw an article about 119° being a new October high temp. It was set in South Africa this past Tuesday. That's got to be very uncomfortable.
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=3171
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=3171
I have been to both Arizona and New Mexico when it was in the 120s......yes, very hot. The wind feels like sandpaper on your face.
However, living here in Chiraq, I have been in temps over 100 with high humidity, and not only was it at least as uncomfortable, it ended up being more deadly to both people and animals.
Oct 31, 2015 08:58:56 #
Yep - experiencing 116 degrees in Arizona was very unpleasant, but Borneo at 100 degrees with 100 percent humidity and no breeze was awful. As interesting a place as it was, I really have no desire to go back because of the heat.
Oct 31, 2015 09:15:05 #
sb wrote:
Yep - experiencing 116 degrees in Arizona was very unpleasant, but Borneo at 100 degrees with 100 percent humidity and no breeze was awful. As interesting a place as it was, I really have no desire to go back because of the heat.
I imagine the bugs and critters were no bargain, either.
Oct 31, 2015 11:20:05 #
Cykdelic wrote:
I imagine the bugs and critters were no bargain, either.
At Bako National Park the only critters that were awful were the nasty macaque monkeys that would steal anything not nailed down. We would sit at a picnic table to eat our meals, but you had to keep one arm raised with a rock in it, ready to throw it (or at least looking like you were ready to throw it) so that they wouldn't attack you while you ate. One monkey managed to sneak under the table without us seeing it - he leaped up onto the table, waving his arms in the air, hissing, and baring his great big teeth! Of course, this scared the crap out of us and we jumped back - and he grabbed a bag of oranges and ran off! The little bastard! My brother, the colonel, only wished he had his 45 with him!
Oct 31, 2015 12:17:27 #
sb wrote:
Yep - experiencing 116 degrees in Arizona was very unpleasant, but Borneo at 100 degrees with 100 percent humidity and no breeze was awful. As interesting a place as it was, I really have no desire to go back because of the heat.
While in the Navy in the Philippine Islands; it was close to 130 degs. and the humidity was like a steam bath. Cleans the pores!
Oct 31, 2015 14:25:15 #
sb wrote:
Yep - experiencing 116 degrees in Arizona was very unpleasant, but Borneo at 100 degrees with 100 percent humidity and no breeze was awful. As interesting a place as it was, I really have no desire to go back because of the heat.
I was in Vegas when it was a bit over 100 - definitely uncomfortable.
Oct 31, 2015 14:40:53 #
Experienced riding a motorcycle in 126 degree heat across the lower desert in Ca. Also rode across OK in 102 degrees with 90% humidity. Both rides were miserable but if I had to do one of them again, I'd take the extreme heat of the southwestern desert over the cesspool of higher humdity.
Oct 31, 2015 20:47:49 #
My friend lives in Anthem AZ, just north of Phoenix, he said they had 117 deg once! That's hot!! :D
Oct 31, 2015 21:52:06 #
Nov 1, 2015 00:02:13 #
I went for a bicycle ride once in Burbank CA when it was 114 just for the experience. It wasn't bad at all.
Nov 1, 2015 00:48:40 #
n3eg wrote:
I went for a bicycle ride once in Burbank CA when it was 114 just for the experience. It wasn't bad at all.
I know it gets hot down there in the San Fernando Valley but never thought it would be that hot!
Nov 1, 2015 08:39:36 #
DickC wrote:
My friend lives in Anthem AZ, just north of Phoenix, he said they had 117 deg once! That's hot!! :D
Highest Arizona temp is 128 and New Mexico is 122 ------ both in 1994.
Nov 1, 2015 09:18:59 #
I also lived in AZ for a while. The desert temps can get very high, but I was surprised that the humidity was so low that I couldn't really feel the heat. Having and drinking water regularly was important, because my body didn't tell me that I needed to hydrate.
BTW - it also snowed 17 inches when I was there too. The weatherman at the time said that it was the first time in 20 years that they actually got snow. I think that this was in 1975.
BTW - it also snowed 17 inches when I was there too. The weatherman at the time said that it was the first time in 20 years that they actually got snow. I think that this was in 1975.
Nov 2, 2015 00:47:37 #
DickC wrote:
My friend lives in Anthem AZ, just north of Phoenix, he said they had 117 deg once! That's hot!! :D
I spent one summer in AZ. It hit 119 while I was there. But being a dry heat, it only felt like 110. :-)
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