February 15, 20214 yr Trivial, but slightly interesting. I know we have some folks who have been to all ends of the earth on here, but did they hit it at the right time of the year? Don't be using the wind chill or heat index numbers. What was the actual temp on the thermometer? As a kid, we had record temps of 117 in Wichita Falls/ North Texas in the Summer of 1980. Today it is -9 in Amarillo. 126 degrees for my lifetime.
February 15, 20214 yr 110 in the middle of the outback. I flew home and 48 hours later I was in Jackson Hole where it was -18.
February 15, 20214 yr 7 minutes ago, Telegraph_it said: 110 in the middle of the outback. I flew home and 48 hours later I was in Jackson Hole where it was -18. Damn, didn't even see that post... -18 in JH without a wind chill probably ?
February 15, 20214 yr Ambient air temp in Ontario, Canada, -30 below zero. (I know that's redundant like ATM Machine, but it's for effect). Few occasions in Texas, Western Morocco, and Nevada at about 115. With heat indexes, probably 125 but for very short periods of time. With wind chill, been at near -60 below zero for sustained periods of time.
February 15, 20214 yr I’m seeing that -1 was recorded at D/FW on Dec. 23 1989.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
February 15, 20214 yr been up in arctic circle and around everest and shit, but the coldest ive ever felt was springtime in saltillo mountains near monterrey. wore like 4 layers inside my sleeping bag and almos froze to death. no idea of temperature. second coldest ive ever felt was getting ghosted by this girl after what i thought was a good date at cirque du soleil. hottest? pick any day in texas. there was that one summer where it was 40+ days without precipitation, and 100f+? that was unberaable
February 15, 20214 yr dibs on "Around Everest And Shit" for my REI improv troupe. Was gonna call it a nice humblebrag but you stuck the landing with "and shit" Nobody says, "The crossfit gym I do and shit", "I used to live around Manhattan and shit", "I became a vegan and shit." Well done. And yeah, Saltillo Mountains get real fucking cold after sunset, real quick, and with no warning.
February 15, 20214 yr -21 low in Metro Detroit, 106 high in Metro Detroit. On vacation have been in 111 heat but going local for this. 127 temp swing.
February 15, 20214 yr -26F in Quebec City, 1/2/2014. Been skiing all my life and lived in Manhattan and shit for 10 years. -26 was...eye opening. Pick a summer in Texas for the high. Looks like it was 112 in Dallas in 2018. I was here then.
February 15, 20214 yr 17 minutes ago, Spoosner said: -26F in Quebec City, 1/2/2014. Been skiing all my life and lived in Manhattan and shit for 10 years. -26 was...eye opening. Pick a summer in Texas for the high. Looks like it was 112 in Dallas in 2018. I was here then. Must have been glorious on the chairlift.
February 15, 20214 yr When I was stationed at Minot AFB (Dec 98) the coldest I ever saw was -67 windchill and I thought I truly made mistake in my life decisions. Fast forward a decade plus and I'm deployed to Afghanistan and it was 120 ish, don't remember the exact temp but it so damn hot.
February 15, 20214 yr -25 during my 4 years I lived in SD. High is going to be the 112 during during the summer of 1980. (I dont really remember how hot it was when we went to Death Valley when I was a kid but I swear it felt like I was on the surface of the sun). 137+ Edited February 15, 20214 yr by Laxtonto national weather service says my memory sucks
February 15, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Onboard 2.0 said: Damn, didn't even see that post... -18 in JH without a wind chill probably ? Haha yea funny coincidence. Correct. That was not factoring wind chill.
February 15, 20214 yr 120-plus in the Arava, hottest part of the Negev in Israel. I was a kibbutz volunteer laying pipe (not the Steel Shank kind) in that shit. I about went loco. I was also on a worksite sitting in a pick-up truck through the hottest day in Chicago history. It was about 104 and humid as fuck. Hundreds of people died over the course of a few days. Coldest I can say with certainty was about -9 in Nashville. Ex and I got off a bus in the middle of the night in bumfuck Germany one night to stretch our legs while en route to Prague and that was so cold you could practically hear it. Somewhere below zero, I am sure.
February 15, 20214 yr 113 in Vegas and -17 my son can beat that 126 in Kuwait City last August and -18 he was stationed in Iraq, said he got used to 115 but that 125 was too hot Edited February 15, 20214 yr by Wally Fairway
February 15, 20214 yr 127 in Saudi Arabia one summer deployment in the 90's. -14 on the way into work here in Omaha this morning.
February 15, 20214 yr Left Bismarck at -35F drove to Rapid City arrived at +40F. 75 degrees in 4 hrs without flying.
February 15, 20214 yr +110 in Uzbekistan. - 41 in Russia about 15 years ago in what the news said was their coldest winter since the war. So a swing of 151. -41 is deadly, no matter how warmly you were dressed, you didn’t want to be out in it. Anything exposed freezes. Edited February 15, 20214 yr by 956 Worldwide
February 15, 20214 yr -35 Buffalo NY (-87 wind chill) 112 here in 2009 I think Edited February 15, 20214 yr by phdhorn
February 15, 20214 yr I haven't been in super hot weather, although Costa Rica felt like the surface of the sun the first time we were there. I have been in -40 temps in Fraser, though. So cold the deadbolt had frost on it on the inside of the house.
February 15, 20214 yr -15 and 112, both in Wichita. But they get 3 of the most beautiful days you can imagine. 1 each in April, May and October. I did see -20 at Mt. Washington, NH but we made a special trip to do that.
February 15, 20214 yr 3 hours ago, phdhorn said: -35 Buffalo NY (-87 wind chill) 112 here in 2009 I think So a -87 wind chill is pretty much when your eyes slide out of your head and sound like ping pong balls when they bounce across the sidewalk?
February 15, 20214 yr -35 F in Wyoming once in the winter. Cheyenne is a cold bitch. I think it’s been close in a blizzard in Rocky Mountain NP but not quite that cold. 128 in Needles, California on the way to LA. Close to the same temperature with 100 percent humidity in Rio de Janeiro.
February 15, 20214 yr 36 minutes ago, Chooky said: So a -87 wind chill is pretty much when your eyes slide out of your head and sound like ping pong balls when they bounce across the sidewalk? Anything that wasn't covered stung within about 15 secs. I was out for like 4 mins. and had to thaw my extremities for 15 mins. afterwards. This was during a major pileup on an interstate. Cops finally got to me about 4 hours into the wreck. Fortunately I was traveling with GF and we had tons of winter clothes. Unfortunately she was on her time of the month. Considered for a few seconds holing up outside the car in -87° wind chill instead.
February 15, 20214 yr 119 in Phoenix back in the late 90s and -39 in Calgary in 2006. Landed in Calgary that afternoon, checked in to hotel and my co-worker and I planned to walk across the street (literally) for dinner. As we walked out the doorman asked if he could get us a cab. We said, we are just walking right over there (pointing to the restaurant) and he said "are you sure"? We said we were sure and then realized our mistake by the time we reached the corner but were too prideful to turn back. We did get a cab to go back to the hotel after dinner though.
February 15, 20214 yr 120 in Phoenix just 2-3 years ago and -25 outside rapid city South Dakota about 25 years ago. 145.
February 15, 20214 yr Lol at y’all knowing the actual temperature when you were in Vegas.I usually measure it as cold, hot, or hot as fuck.
February 16, 20214 yr 123 at the MCAGCC 29 Palms, California in 1981. -5 in Center, Texas in 1989 (by my thermometer) and Helena, Montana in 2018.
February 16, 20214 yr My money is on @Macanudo to take the prize here, unless some oil worker on here has been to prudhoe bay as well as somewhere near the equator.
February 16, 20214 yr -25 skiing Colorado (during a white out) trying to get that last run of the day.112 just south of Ft. Stockton (saw a bird drop dead out of the sky)
February 16, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, McCroskey said: Lol at y’all knowing the actual temperature when you were in Vegas. I usually measure it as cold, hot, or hot as fuck. The women or the craps table?
February 16, 20214 yr 21 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said: My money is on @Macanudo to take the prize here, unless some oil worker on here has been to prudhoe bay as well as somewhere near the equator. my dad has been to both the north slope and some equatorial fields but i don't think his equatorial travels were to anywhere hotter than texas. desert regions typically aren't right on the equator. cairo is further north than houston, for example. now someone going to both the north slope and qatar, that'd probably do it. Edited February 16, 20214 yr by elfenix
February 16, 20214 yr 16 minutes ago, slorch said: The women or the craps table? It's quite a versatile scale, for sure.
February 16, 20214 yr -25 skiing Colorado (during a white out) trying to get that last run of the day.112 just south of Ft. Stockton (saw a bird drop dead out of the sky)-25 during the day? Wind chill, maybe, but zero chance ambient was that cold.
February 16, 20214 yr -15 Milwaukee. Dont think the temperature got above 0 for over a week. 112 in Austin in 2011. I shit you not, the austin hot sauce festival was that weekend so we checked it out that Sunday. Fantastic idea.
February 16, 20214 yr -22 in Lake Louise, Alberta. I was snow skiing and moisture in my eyelashes would freeze inside my goggles. 116 a couple of times in DFW area. The most memorable heat for me was Six Flags a couple of years ago when it was 112 or so. It took me a few days to recover from that. Never again.
February 16, 20214 yr should have a qualifier for how many miles apart some of these are, or in my case, the number of years... almost 41.
February 16, 20214 yr 119° in Phoenix -4° on Crested Butte Most miserable cold I've ever been though was at a football game in Stoolwater. By a longshot too.
February 16, 20214 yr I've been in a couple 105+ degree days in Dallas and just had -15 in Dalhart last night. That was some pretty freaking cold weather. Wind chill was -28. Never seen below zero on the temp gauge before yesterday.
February 16, 20214 yr 10 years ago we reached 134 degrees, I think it was a field outside of my town that was the hottest place on the planet https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mprnews.org/amp/story/2011/07/20/hottest-most-humid-mn-day-ever-tuesday-severe-risk-today Coldest would’ve been a cold snap 2 years ago with the air temp at -26 but a wind chill of -56https://www.weather.gov/fgf/2019_01_29-31_ExtremeColdLooking at 200 degree swing. Edit: I guess thats heat index and wind chillI don’t want to flex but the snap we’re in now pretty common. Next week looks promising, back to the mid 30s. That’s 60 degrees right there. Don’t see anything too cold in the future case
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