Current Events > What is the hottest ambient/air temperature you've experienced?

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Ambient temperature does not account for humidity or wind, which affect how the weather actually feels.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highest_temperature_recorded_on_Earth

The decertification of the former record in Libya has since cast doubt on the validity of the 1913 recording.[7] If the 1913 record were to be decertified, the highest established recorded air temperature on Earth would be 54.0 C (129.2 F), also recorded in Death Valley on 20 June 2013, and in Mitribah, Kuwait on 21 July 2016.

Guess where I was on 21 July 2016. Within 10 miles of that weather station.

I'd like to believe I died and got sent to Hell, because everything has been downhill since then.

I voted 105-109, though 100-104 might be more accurate. 95 is a high temperature here, I don't even think we break 100 every summer, but it has definitely happened.

I'm surprised the highest recorded temp was 12 years ago. I wonder if we'll break that in the next few years.

106, though with the humidity in the area it felt much hotter.

122 in Primm I think, it was very dry and windy, but holy shit it felt like being in an air fryer

100 to 104. Florida rarely gets hotter than that. Too many ocean winds.

I handled 95 degrees with 100% humidity bailing hay. I was in my middle 20s and could handle it. Hardest work I've ever done

I don't recall how hot it was exactly but I was in Arizona a few years ago in the summer and it was absolutely brutal.

120

The hottest day of my life just so happened to be the one time I went to the local waterpark as a teenager. Fucking 116 degrees

I was in Death Valley once when it was near 120.

Just slightly above 46C, in the Western Australian outback

Definitely 125+. I remember my first deployment we had to sit on an aircraft for a while because they loaded the baggage wrong. They finally let us off and the 110+ degree weather outside felt like a blast of air conditioning. I've also been in a country that was just straight up 125+ and the wind felt like a hair dryer.

Between 115-120F. That was a major heat wave in Washington some years back.

MisterPengy posted...

I voted 105-109, though 100-104 might be more accurate. 95 is a high temperature here, I don't even think we break 100 every summer, but it has definitely happened.

I'm surprised the highest recorded temp was 12 years ago. I wonder if we'll break that in the next few years.

I voted 110-114, but feel like 105-109 was more accurate. Though working in a hot parking lot skews that given they create hot spots, I recall seeing once that hot air balloons avoid large parking lots because of the effects on the air around them.

I think about 46 is probably the highest. Although that is in a high humidity area, so the feels like figure is the one I actually pay attention to and I know the highest that has been for me is 53.

Probably ~102ish.

109, hottest recorded temp in Houston. Hit it three times in a single week like two years ago it fucking sucked.

EDIT: Apparently two of the three times I remember that week were officially recorded at 107. Between early August and early September 2023 Houston did hit like 7 top 20 all time heat records tho. Worst period I've ever had the misfortune of working outside for.

Not sure exactly how hot it was but my first even foreign holiday was to the Greek island of Rhodes in August 1992 during a heatwave. Definitely the worst heat I've ever experienced though the ~30C I'm getting today feels pretty oppressive so that's not saying much.

Somewhere around 43C-44C. Went out grocery shopping in the middle of the day earlier this year when it was at its hottest all summer. Not that I planned it that way, it was more of a "ooh, it's feeling kind of strange out here right now, probably shouldn't be out here for too long" sensation as I was walking the block home from the train station situation then I found out I'd been subjecting myself to over 43C degrees and I was like "yep, that explains it lol." Then had a cold shower and went about my day.

I've been in 115 a lot. 120 has happened a few times. I think it got to like 112 recently for me which was surprising cause i thought i moved far enough away from that much heat.

Australian summer in the desert, working in an open pit iron ore mine surrounded by concrete and metal.

while the recorded air tempetature outside ead maybe 45C, the Temperature on the ground with all that concrete and metal was 60+ Celsius (140F) at points.

We'd carry around these gallon water jugs for personal use and refill it 2-3 times a day.

115 in Vegas last year

I lived in Phoenix AZ between June 2003 and January 2006. I'm pretty sure I recall hitting at least 120 a handful of times during that stint.

Probably around 135F in a porto potty or conex in the Army.

Goldenguy posted...

I lived in Phoenix AZ between June 2003 and January 2006. I'm pretty sure I recall hitting at least 120 a handful of times during that stint.

Wtf thats like the exact timeline for when I moved back there. It was 124 a couple of days in Suprise. I lived mostly off Scottsdale RD south of the 101

117 in Vegas

120+. Worked in an iron foundry for awhile. Some parts of the plant were so hot we were only allowed to work 45 minutes of every hour and got 15 minutes break to drink water or Gatorade and cool off. Company provided all the drinks and popsicles you wanted

I can't remember the exact number, but low 100s in Nevada.

Obviously not the hottest temps there are, but still pretty brutal if you're not used to it.

105 in Vegas

35c Almost exactly 3 years ago. 20/07/22

That day broke the july temp record for the country and got close to the true record, which is 36,4c

The actual hottest was probably getting into a car on a hot day, though they don't report on that on the weather and I don't keep a thermometer in there, so I can't say for certain.

The hottest I have documentation of was 114, IIRC. I remember for sure the heat index was 120. It wasn't actually that bad, but then again I'm cold natured.

I think it got to 105 or 106 a couple times when I lived in Florida but I don't remember for sure

Around 120F

I don't recommend it

I dont know, to be honest, but probably around 105.

The UV is what really gets to me. That superheats living spaces to where people cant cool down in their own home. It also makes going outside feel like youre under a magnifying glass.

This is why its extremely important to not overpopulate smaller areas. You suddenly have thousands of cars running in a small
space emitting heat, then in a few years, theres no ozone.

I don't remember, but I voted 100-104.

100-104, don't know exact, but I know it's never gotten above 104 because of humidity here on the east coast.

I don't know. We've hit 50 here before but I think that was with humidity.