[Az-Geocaching] Heat Stroke vs. Heat Hoax
Guy Aldrich
graldrich at gmail.com
Sun May 22 12:32:44 MST 2005
134º on July 10,1913 at Death Valley is the offical hottest
Temperature ever recorded in the USA.
More records:
Ala. 112 Sept. 5, 1925 Centerville 345
Alaska 100 June 27, 1915 Ft. Yukon 420*
Ariz. 128 June 29, 1994 Lake Havasu 505
Ark. 120 Aug. 10, 1936 Ozark 396
Calif. 134 July 10, 1913 Death Valley N/A
Colo. 118 July 11, 1888 Bennett 5,484
Conn. 106 July 15, 1995 Danbury 450
Del. 110 July 21, 1930 Millsboro 20
Fla. 109 June 29, 1931 Monticell0 207
Ga. 112 July 24, 1952 Louisville 132
Hawaii 100 April 27,1931 Pahala 850
Idaho 118 July 28, 1934 Orofino 1,027
Ill. 117 July 14, 1954 E. St Louis 410
Ind. 116 July 14, 1936 Collegeville 672
Iowa 118 July 20, 1934 Keokuk 614
Kansas 121 July 24, 1936 Alton 1,651
Ky. 114 July 28, 1930 Greensburg 581
La. 114 Aug. 10, 1936 Plain Dealing 268
Maine 105 July 10, 1911 N. Bridgton 450
Md. 109 July 10, 1936 Cumberland and Frederick 623, 325
Mass. 107 Aug. 2, 1975 New Bedford and Chester 120, 640
Mich. 112 July 13, 1936 Mio 963
Minn. 114 July 6, 1936 Moorhead 904
Miss. 115 July 29, 1930 Holly Springs 600
Mo 118 July 14, 1954 Warsaw and Union 705, 560
Mont. 117 July 5, 1937 Medicine Lake 1,950
Neb. 118 July 24, 1936 Minden 2,169
Nev. 125 June 29, 1994 Laughlin 605
N.H. 106 July 4, 1911 Nashua 125
N.J. 110 July 10, 1936 Runyon 18
N.M. 122 June 27, 1994 Lakewood N/A
N.Y. 108 July 22, 1926 Troy 35
N.C. 110 Aug. 21, 1983 Fayetteville 213
N.D. 121 July 6, 1936 Steele 1,857
Ohio 113 July 21, 1934 Gallipolis 673
Okla. 120 June 27, 1994 Tipton 1,350
Ore. 119 Aug. 10, 1898 Pendleton 1,074
Pa. 111 July 10, 1936 Phoenixville 100
R.I. 104 Aug. 2, 1975 Providence 51
S.C. 111 June 28, 1954 Camden 170
S.D. 120 July 5, 1936 Gannvalley 1,750
Tenn. 113 Aug. 9, 1930 Perryville 377
Texas 120 Aug. 12, 1936 Seymour 1,291
Utah 117 July 5, 1985 Saint George 2,880
Vt. 105 July 4, 1911 Vernon 310
Va. 110 July 15, 1954 Balcony Falls 725
Wash. 118 Aug. 5, 1961 Ice Harbor Dam 475 475
W. Va. 112 July 10, 1936 Martinsburg 435
Wis. 114 July 13, 1936 Wisconsin Dells 900
Wyo. 116 Aug. 8, 1983 Basin 3,500
*Elevation estimated
On 5/22/05, Trisha Brasher <trisha at brasher.com> wrote:
> I was IN Bullhead City on that day in June of '90 and we personally measured 128 F in the parking lot of WalMart. (MY ex was a helo pilot and I was a Skywarn weather volunteer, so we had a small portable weather (temp/baro pressure/humidity) unit with us. Which is why I know that they under-report the actual temp by a few degrees, as well as differences in where the reading is taken.
> SO, I am relating personal "official" experience.
> In other words, I WAS THERE, WITH A THERMOMETER!
> Your experience may vary.
>
> Trisha ~ Lightning
> Prescott Vly...
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roping The Wind" <arizcowboy at hotmail.com>
> To: listserv at azgeocaching.com
> Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Heat Stroke vs. Heat Hoax
> Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 05:07:54 -0700
>
> >
> >
> > > From: Guy Aldrich <graldrich at gmail.com>
> > > Reply-To: listserv at azgeocaching.com,Guy Aldrich <graldrich at gmail.com>
> > > To: listserv at azgeocaching.com
> > > Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Heat Stroke vs. Heat Hoax
> > > Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 00:09:09 -0700
> > >
> > > It was actually 128º in BHC!
> >
> > I am looking at National Weather Service climatic data. Anything
> > else is not 'official'.
> >
> > If Laughlin's tourism site says it was 126 degrees for their record
> > high... well then, they sure arent trying to downplay the
> > temperatures for tourism!!! (I found the website that says this...
> > it is A2Zlasvegas.com or something like that). I also found this:
> >
> > >> Hottest day in the United States recorded August 11, 1983 at
> > >> 2:21 p.m. was 132 F. - recorded in the shade at the Bullhead
> > >> City Fire Department.<<
> >
> > http://www.bullheadcity.com/facts.asp
> >
> > Neither is Bullhead City, AZ!!! I think Death Valley holds the
> > hottest temperature ever recorded in the USA. But I didnt look into
> > that. So dont know. But that 132 degrees posted above is definetly
> > not official.
> >
> > Scott
> > Team RTW
> >
> >
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