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PoindexterOglethorpe

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23. I lived in Tucson 1962-1968.
Mon Jun 28, 2021, 11:29 PM
Jun 2021

Then in Phoenix 1983-1987. So I endured far too many days well above 100 degrees. And dry heat? Spare me. It's fucking hot. Especially if you don't have an air conditioned car, which few people had in the 1960s, even in Arizona.

I had a VW bug, and was working for the phone company in the afternoon and taking a class at the University in the morning. One week we had a heat wave. It was over 110 degrees every day for a week, and there was only one day that did not go above 115. Between driving in that VW, then having to walk about four blocks from where we parked our cars to the phone company at high noon, I wound up with all the symptoms of heat exhaustion for a couple of days. Not fun.

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116 in Phoenix CanonRay Jun 2021 #1
Ah - Arizona - we have a family member in Tucson rurallib Jun 2021 #3
I spent a year there for work in 91-92 CanonRay Jun 2021 #5
I think FW had a 116 degree day back in 1998 yellowdogintexas Jun 2021 #38
113, yesterday WheelWalker Jun 2021 #2
pacific north west? rurallib Jun 2021 #4
Oakland, Oregon WheelWalker Jun 2021 #7
Back in the 80's I was wandering through the Desert Botanical... TreasonousBastard Jun 2021 #6
I bet I have the biggest temperature spread CanonRay Jun 2021 #8
that will be tough to beat rurallib Jun 2021 #9
122 in Phoenix. 6/26/1990 DesertRat Jun 2021 #10
See Desert Rat's post ChazII Jul 2021 #60
... Faux pas Jun 2021 #11
It's not just the temperature, Tomconroy Jun 2021 #12
You're right. I walked out of our hotel in Hong Kong one August night at about 8 PM. rsdsharp Jun 2021 #24
I think it was 106 in Kansas City Marthe48 Jun 2021 #13
I've seen it hit 115 here... lastlib Jun 2021 #31
I think it was August 1983 Marthe48 Jul 2021 #59
USMC 29 Palms .... Low 120's. Was the battalion armorer. NoMoreRepugs Jun 2021 #14
115? LizBeth Jun 2021 #15
111 yesterday, in Eugene Hassler Jun 2021 #16
Today @ 114. Boxerfan Jun 2021 #17
If it was August 17, 1983, it hit 108. Still the all time record for Des Moines. rsdsharp Jun 2021 #18
I wonder if 1983 was the year we walked in the SharonClark Jun 2021 #21
107 in NYC - may have been dry, and 102 but w Humidity at 108+? electric_blue68 Jun 2021 #19
I get a bandanna I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2021 #26
I learned a trick from my grandfather.... lastlib Jun 2021 #30
get a big container of ice and put it in front of a fan so the yellowdogintexas Jun 2021 #39
Yeah, I keep forgetting that! Was thinking of putting one.. electric_blue68 Jun 2021 #45
take cool showers and lie down under the ceiling fan. yellowdogintexas Jun 2021 #40
450 degrees. Harker Jun 2021 #20
A week here in Tallahassee when the temperatures were over 105, humidity 80-90% csziggy Jun 2021 #22
I lived in Tucson 1962-1968. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2021 #23
121 in the Yucatan. GoCubsGo Jun 2021 #25
119. Summer. Tucson. Somewhen between '05 and '10, I'm thinking. Iggo Jun 2021 #27
I've been in a barn stacking hay at 140 degrees. lastlib Jun 2021 #28
Spent a couple days in the hayloft myself helping dome friends in the summer rurallib Jun 2021 #33
Amen to that, brother! lastlib Jun 2021 #41
112 in South Dakota some years ago. Ocelot II Jun 2021 #29
Many people are surprised that some of the hottest heat indexes recorded rurallib Jun 2021 #34
Middle teens 114-116, something like that, by my memory chip melted and I can't remember Brother Buzz Jun 2021 #32
118 in Phoenix... ZenDem Jun 2021 #35
YESTERDAY .... PORTLAND, OREGON .... 115 DEGREES Trueblue1968 Jun 2021 #36
I hear it is cooling down a bit rurallib Jun 2021 #37
today it wasa 96 and that is still TOO HOT FOR ME !!!! Gees, my poor tomato plants...... Trueblue1968 Jun 2021 #46
120 in Djanet, Algeria Wolf Frankula Jun 2021 #42
110 & Humid In Mumbai ProfessorGAC Jun 2021 #43
I have always heard that it never cools down at night there rurallib Jun 2021 #44
At Least That Week, Yes ProfessorGAC Jun 2021 #47
112 in Los Angeles Generic Brad Jun 2021 #48
I'm going to blaspheme by saying... zanana1 Jun 2021 #49
You & me both zanana Danmel Jun 2021 #51
I will join in to say I hate summer with a passion. rurallib Jun 2021 #57
110ish in Oklahoma City Danmel Jun 2021 #50
102 in Death Valley zuul Jun 2021 #52
that sounds almost cool compared to some of the temps rurallib Jun 2021 #53
Even at that temperature my phone was telling me it was too hot and that it might shut down. zuul Jun 2021 #54
I spent some time in the middle east - Saudi Arabia, Kuwait & Iraq as well as a week in Djibouti The Polack MSgt Jun 2021 #55
If there were winners(?) here I'd vote for yours rurallib Jun 2021 #56
114 driving through Bakersfield NotASurfer Jun 2021 #58
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