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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Krusher on November 07, 2003, 07:36:05 AM
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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 !
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-30°F???
Heck, that's nothing. My snowmobiles just start running good at minus 30 :D
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.
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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.
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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.
:)
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115 F with 100% humidity 1 mile south of the Amazon.
MiniD
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-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.
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I let the house get down to 65 last night.
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125 and -30.
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-64 air temp, no wind chill.
12-hour shifts.. brrr
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Brief snaps are no biggie. In Winnipeg, *high* temps can stay at below -20 for weeks at a time.
That really tests your mettle..
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-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)
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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
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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.
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Yep Bevo, he is right. To the tune of 2 degrees Fahrenheit.
LOL sorry couldn't resist.
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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.
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Back when I was in the army we were on manuevers way up north. Like "300 kms north of the arctic circle"-north. Average temperature was -30 Celsius, with the lowest one morning at -36 Celsius. I have no idea what that makes in F though.
It was windy as hell too. Its kinda ankward when the liquid in your eyes starts to freeze when you open your eyes.
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Gunnison Colorado -30f
Panama 120f humidity 100%
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Hmm… I would say that 65 degrees (F) to over 1,800 degrees (F) in 60 seconds. Yeah, that was on the computer log.
Testing new fire gear with external cooling and breathing air cord:
http://www.332nd.org/dogs/ozark/gear-test-2.JPG
Crank up the heat:
http://www.332nd.org/dogs/ozark/gear-test-3.JPG
Poke me with a fork:
http://www.332nd.org/dogs/ozark/gear-test-4.JPG
I helped with the practical applications testing for aircraft fire rescue. It’s a cool idea however, not practical for quick entry/rescue ops.
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the hottest was 108 and about 95% (official temp)
but the hottest I've ever been in (for extended times) was when I had heatstroke (1992 i think) it was 106 for the high temp and I was building a stainless steel tank (30' dia x25' tall no roof yet). a bit before noon, my stereo quit working, so I finished up what I was doing and was leaving the tank to check on the cord and get a drink, went to wipe the sweat off me and there was none. made it maybe 30' out the hatch before I blacked out. they tell me I was in some sort of seziures when they found me (my body was basicly one big cramp).
when I returned a couple days later they showed me my stereo. it was your standard black plastic boom-box, I'd had it sitting on a 5-gallon bucket in the center of the tank. it looked like hell. the plastic had softened and the speakers had sagged down over the sides of the bucket.
I guess the reflective stainless just consentrated all the heat to the middle, kinda like one of those solar cookers you see for sale.
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Saudi Arabia, 1991. Was so hot that we couldn't touch the helicopters to do maintenance. Warped some of the plexiglass greenhouse panels. Dunno what the official temp was.
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111 degrees F in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1991. Then the Army treated me to a "vacation" after Desert Storm at Ft. Wainwright, Alaska for 2 years. Field exercise in Kotzebue, Alaska after being there 2 weeks......temperature......-46 degrees F. Wind chill ....-71 degrees F.
I win!!!! :D
Yankee
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In 1994, the record high for Arizona was reached at 128deg in Lake Havasu. It was near that in Yuma. Say over 125. I was working outside hoeing weeds out of a cotton field that day.
:eek:
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I remember turning wrenches on the runway at yuma......115 degrees and nothin but concrete around me....but hey its a dry heat:lol