Author Topic: whats the most extreme temps (Read 568 times)

Krusher · « **on:** November 07, 2003, 07:36:05 AM »

whats the most extreme temps you have been in.

A friend of mine in Canada tells me it was -20 in his part of the world the other day. It made me wonder about the most extreme tempatures I have been in.

I was in Iowa in February when the truck I was in froze over. it was about -30 below zero F

I went from Las Vegas to Reno nevada across Mojave desert on my motorcycle when the tempatures hit 140+ The worst part is by the time we got to Reno it was about 35 degrees !

Modas · « **Reply #1 on:** November 07, 2003, 07:51:53 AM »

-30°F???

Heck, that's nothing. My snowmobiles just start running good at minus 30

Was up in Northern Minnesota ice fishing a couple of years ago. It was -40° air temp with a -80° windchill. Now THAT was cold. Lake was making ice so quick it sounded like a thunderstorm.

That same year, I was in Jaurez, Mexico and it was 115 for a couple of days.

rpm · « **Reply #2 on:** November 07, 2003, 08:26:47 AM »

Coldest outdoor temperatures I've been in were in the Bering Sea above the Circle at Fairway Rock when I was in the Coast Guard, -49*F with a 30 Knot wind.
The hottest was Phoenix, 117*F. It was so hot they suspended flights out of the airport because the planes couldn't generate enough lift.

majic · « **Reply #3 on:** November 07, 2003, 10:42:35 AM »

Anyone have that comparison of Wisconsin/Canada (can't remember which) and California at different temps? Was quite funny.

The coldest I've been in was maybe 20 below. My beard froze. It was quite cool looking.

Mini D · « **Reply #4 on:** November 07, 2003, 11:27:33 AM »

115 F with 100% humidity 1 mile south of the Amazon.

MiniD

GrimCO · « **Reply #5 on:** November 07, 2003, 11:30:40 AM »

-25 F for me in Iowa one year... Was -75 with the windchill. I went to pump gas in my car, and when I was finished I was slurring my speech like I had just been to the dentist. My face was THAT numb.

midnight Target · « **Reply #6 on:** November 07, 2003, 11:30:45 AM »

I let the house get down to 65 last night.

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #7 on:** November 07, 2003, 11:37:14 AM »

125 and -30.

Wlfgng · « **Reply #8 on:** November 07, 2003, 12:20:46 PM »

-64 air temp, no wind chill.

12-hour shifts.. brrr

Stridr417 · « **Reply #9 on:** November 07, 2003, 12:26:35 PM »

Brief snaps are no biggie. In Winnipeg, *high* temps can stay at below -20 for weeks at a time.

That really tests your mettle..

vorticon · « **Reply #10 on:** November 07, 2003, 12:28:18 PM »

-40c/f (gets to that at least once a year...it usually hovers around -20 - -30 for the entire winter...not as bad as it sounds) and about +40c(about 105f) (gets to that about once a year to...but usually stays around 20-30 for the entire summer)

RTR · « **Reply #11 on:** November 07, 2003, 03:44:18 PM »

Reminds me of a deployment when I was in the Airforce.
Left CFB Cold Lake in Alberta to go to Miramar in San Diego.
When we got on the Herc at Cold Lake it was a balmy -40 degrees Celsius (which is also -40 degrees fahrenheit).
When we landed at Miramar a few hours later the temperauture was 75 degrees F. So a total temperature change of 115 degrees F.
Didn't take long to put on the shorts and look for the first beer I'l tell ya!
cheers,
RTR

BEVO · « **Reply #12 on:** November 07, 2003, 04:00:31 PM »

I have a friend from Canada who thinks 30 degrees in Dallas feels colder than 0 degrees in Canada..... pretty strange.
I've been at 113 for 5 days in a row.

RTR · « **Reply #13 on:** November 07, 2003, 04:13:24 PM »

Yep Bevo, he is right. To the tune of 2 degrees Fahrenheit.
LOL sorry couldn't resist.

JB73 · « **Reply #14 on:** November 07, 2003, 04:27:30 PM »

here in Wisconsin i have been in -37F with wind chill of -75F. i was plowing a auto dealers lot that day.

hottest was in Mexico's yucatan penninsula. it was 112F i was on a tour of the myan ruins and couldnt drink the water

had to have bottled soda from the cruise line.