Thread: Middle East

Originally Posted by MRSDS1DONNA

The record here in Arizona is 122 so I can relate to the weather in Dubai. Honestly, though, you have to consider that 100-110 is hot but not horrible. I certainly go out and do things during the day in those temperatures (okay, not hike or anything but it doesn't keep me in the house). Above 110 is just plain hot no matter how far up it goes from there.

Actually it's 128 in Lake Havasu in 1994. Had a buddy from ONT went down that year. I experienced 123 in Beatty,NV near LAS in 2007. Believe it or not there was a hot breeze coming from Death Valley. I was going up the old 95 to RNO. The hottest I personally felt physically was Bullhead City, AZ, on the Colorado River.

Yeah, but they cheat. We put ours by the airport and they put it in the hottest place in town so they can be on the news. Hardly fair. And Palms, it isn't really humid except during monsoon. Even then we mostly get dust storms rather than rain storms. With all of that, I still wouldn't want to live anywhere else. I love Arizona - where I can drive a couple of hours and ski in the winter or be somewhere cool in the summer but I don't have to shovel any snow!

Originally Posted by ddagencylv

Actually it's 128 in Lake Havasu in 1994. Had a buddy from ONT went down that year. I experienced 123 in Beatty,NV near LAS in 2007. Believe it or not there was a hot breeze coming from Death Valley. I was going up the old 95 to RNO. The hottest I personally felt physically was Bullhead City, AZ, on the Colorado River.

Originally Posted by MRSDS1DONNA

I love Arizona - where I can drive a couple of hours and ski in the winter or be somewhere cool in the summer but I don't have to shovel any snow!

Ditto for California, plus I have the added bonus of a great shoreline.