[Az-Geocaching] Heat Stroke vs. Heat Hoax

[Trisha Brasher]

CLIMATE
Laughlin and Bullhead City are located on the northeast edge of the Mohave Desert. Laughlin is approximately 510 feet above sea level (153 meters). Bullhead City is about 504 feet above sea level (162 meters). The average high mean temperature is 87 degrees Fahrenheit (30.5 degrees Celsius) and the average low mean temperature is 45 degrees Fahrenheit (7 degrees Celsius). >>>>>>The highest temperature recorded was 126 degrees Fahrenheit (50 degrees Celsius)<<<<<. Rainfall averages about 4 inches a year. 

Thanks for the date, Scott. And it was 126 in BHC, broke the record high (see above, taken from a Laughlin tourism site).
Hot IS Hot, but this was so hot you couldn't hardly get your breath. It may be a DRY heat, but so is a blast furnace! :-)

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: Fri, 20 May 2005 15:50:33 -0700

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> > From: "Trisha Brasher" <trisha at brasher.com>
> > Reply-To: listserv at azgeocaching.com
> > To: listserv at azgeocaching.com, "Jake Olson" <jake.teamai at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Heat Stroke vs. Heat Hoax
> > Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 14:33:55 -0700
> >
> > I actually was in Bullhead City back in.....'92? when they had 
> > the record breaking heat (122 in Phoenix?) that people made 
> > T-shirts about. It was AT
> > LEAST 126 in BHC. (it is a well-known fact that they UNDER report 
> > the heat for tourism reasons ~ Laughlin and all that). After that 
> > we would check
> > the weather report before going down there (we lived in Kingman.)
> > So, the summary is this: I survived the 126++ heat in BHC, and I 
> > somehow managed to survive living in Kingman for 8+ years.
> > I love Prescott.
> > Trisha
> 
> That was on June 26, 1990. PHX hit 122 degrees. Actually, the 
> official high temperature in Bullhead City that day was also 122 
> degrees. (Yuma was 122 and Needles was 117).
> 
> I remember that day well.... I was out riding my road bike on an 80 
> mile bike ride from my home in Mesa... thru AJ... Florence 
> Junction... Arizona Farms... Queen Creek and back home to 
> Mesa...... in the middle of the afternoon! :) :) :)  I was a 
> diehard. :) :) :) I used to train regularly on hot summer 
> afternoons. When I got off of work, I would go ride my bike. 
> Temperature never seemed to stop  me and it didnt make a difference 
> if it was 105 or 122... doesnt feel much different really! Hot is 
> hot!!! I am not that crazy these days, but still occasionally find 
> myself out on a long hike for a geocache on a 105 degree afternoon! 
> :/
> 
> Scott
> Team Ropingthewind
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