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Sweaters not necessary for the most part: 117.

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Man that's hot. It only hit 111 here today. O got my bullet casting done before nine.

It's been +100 here off and on for the last week.

Low humidity.


Every morning I leave the house with three 32oz chilled bottles of water. Lots of unsweetened ice tea.

Outside +10 hours a day, drink lots and lots of water and your energy will stay up.


My wife works inside and is a total puss when it comes to handling the heat.

We hit 95 in town yesterday, 91 at the house up the mountain, which is pretty hot for up here. Still drops to the high 50's at night so windows open then closed early AM and all is good w/o A/C. Next week will see highs in the low 80's, thankfully.

You could've waited until mid afternoon to do your bullet casting that way you don't need flame or an external heat source to melt the lead. 😉

Meanwhile, back at the "ranch", Iowa. I spent two weeks in NW Ontario, wood heat the first night. 50F in the morning, 90+ in Iowa is going to take a bit of getting used to.

Be interesting to know if that recording site is in the same location as it was that long ago and, if so, how much more concrete and asphalt has been laid down around it since then.

Texas hit 120 in Aug 1936. This location record was 116 in late June 1994. Records only go back to 1930.

Houston Hobby location was in the country when noaa records began. Now its got 20 miles of concrete and asphalt around it. Noaa loves to show how temps have been rising over the decades.

Yall must have had a lot of vehicles there back in 1905.

My car said 123 going home through the tunnel in downtown Phoenix today maybe 2:40 PM. By the time I was home out west in the desert half an hour later it was only maybe 112 I think. The asphalt and concrete seems to make a noticeable difference.

Hit maybe 80 today with bluebird skies and a nice breeze.

I'll enjoy it while it lasts. Soon to be 9+ months of 35-55 wet and overcast.

When I lived in the edge of town i could walk a hundred yards, 50 being into a pasture, and have a 10-12 degree drop on a hot summer evening, Rufus.

I know everybody likes to rip on certain places, but I really don't know how anybody lives in Phoenix. Not in town anyways.

What's equally spooky out here is some times you can step down into a dry wash just a couple feet and feel like you're walking into air conditioning.

Oh yeah, bank sign in town is always 10 degrees warmer.


The pickup still has said 103F many times though(out in the country).

I am obliged to point out that it's a dry heat. Shade and misting systems help a lot. You'd be surprised how possible it is to adjust.

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i grew up here in PHX in a house with no AC. We did irrigate the grass and trees on summer evenings though. so that was fun

didn't have or need a clothes dryer either

I lived in Yuma for 25 years and worked in the farming/produce industry. Lots of days in July and August the thermometer in my truck read 124 to 127. Sprinkler pipe and tools get hot laying in the sun!

100+ and windy today up here.

Red Flag warning.

Al Gore became America's first billionaire by warning us.....

Tools don't even have to be in the sun. I was picking up mine after work yesterday that were in the shade and they were almost too hot to handle. Was 117 at the time.