Middle East

I hear alot of people wanting to visit Dubai, and how wonderful it is. Do you know how hot it gets there in the summer months? I was checking out temperatures, the average monthly highs and lows in Daharan, Kuwait City, Dubai, and man, the farther north you go from Dubai, the hotter it gets. Kuwait' Citys record high is like 124 degrees f, while Daharan at 118, Dubai, like 120 or so but Dubai averages around 5 degrees cooler than Daharan and maybe some 8 degrees cooler than Kuwait City in July/August. Not that its saying much when temps run well into the 100's. I think Houston is miserable in summer and I've seen 112 degrees here once. I think one summer there was about 30 days or more of 100 Plus weather here. It's just nasty. Well, I can vouche that Saudi is much hotter. I doubt I could have done that kind of work I did out there 23 years ago now. If I died and went to hell, please don't make it like Saudi Arabia weather. I'm breaking a sweat just typing this.

I was in Saudi in December of 1990 north of Daharan in Al Jubail, temperatures there ran into the 80's in the day time, and at night, maybe low 50's or high 40's. That's their winter. A huge break from that hot summer months. Temperatures in April are all ready climbing well into the 90's. Super dry as hell too, but a few weeks into August, in around the Persian Gulf area of Eastern Saudi, where Daharan, Al jubail lays, its humid as hell. Heat index must be in the 130's or more. I remember 118 degrees in Al Jubail for a few days. Another reason the locals there all wear their clothing in white, and much cooler and comfortable than the way westerners dress. They really know how to keep the sun off their skin and face. Saudi Arabia is blessed with oil but the pleasant weather is not there in the Kingdom of.... for sure.

But the question is, how humid was it when it hit 112 in Houston? THAT'S what will kill ya. We break 100 fairly often in Denver, and I'll take that over 90 degrees in Minneapolis with the humidity they get.

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.

Just for you Donna---

You know you're from Arizona if...

you can say 115 degrees without fainting.

you notice your car is overheating before you drive it

you think someone driving wearing oven mitts is clever.

you think six tons of crushed rock makes a beautiful yard.

hot air ballons can't go up, because the air outside is hotter than the air inside.

you can pronounce the words: Saguaro, Tempe, Gila Bend, Cayon de Chelly and Mogollon Rim.

you have recurring nightmares about falling Saguaros.

you're obsessed with finding covered parking.

you carry (a just in case) comb, tweezers and pliers when you take your dog our for a walk.

you no longer associate bridges (or rivers) with water.

you've heard about mosquitoes but never actually seen one

your best beach list is all hotel pools.

you can tell the difference between a dog and a coyote even at 1000 yards at midnight

and finally you know you're from Arizona when your house is made of stucco and styrofoam.
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Originally Posted by spongebue

But the question is, how humid was it when it hit 112 in Houston? THAT'S what will kill ya. We break 100 fairly often in Denver, and I'll take that over 90 degrees in Minneapolis with the humidity they get.

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That time it hit 112 was like the first or second year I was here in early September and I bet the heat index was way higher than the temperature. I know heat index here is well over 100 most afternoons in summer. I haven't seen anything over 104 F degrees since. Usually hovers in high 90's daily. Lows around 81 or so. That's a humid 81 by the time it works down to it. Just crud. Sometimes I feel I need to bid to a cooler station and I would if it were up to me myself and I. And even if I can get away for a week or two like in San Francisco to cool off, you still have to come back to this crud weather.

And that, my friend, is a major part of the reason I took a major salary cut to work in DEN instead of IAH :)

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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.

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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.

I agree, there are some seriously nasty hot places here in the USA particularily in the Gulf states, and western part of the USA. There is that 123 degrees in the shade, but what is it when you work in it in the sun???

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Originally Posted by Migflanker

Just for you Donna---

You know you're from Arizona if...

you can say 115 degrees without fainting. Yes!

you notice your car is overheating before you drive it

you think someone driving wearing oven mitts is clever. No, just doesn't have a garage.

you think six tons of crushed rock makes a beautiful yard. Of course!

hot air ballons can't go up, because the air outside is hotter than the air inside.

you can pronounce the words: Saguaro, Tempe, Gila Bend, Cayon de Chelly and Mogollon Rim. Can't everyone?

you have recurring nightmares about falling Saguaros.

you're obsessed with finding covered parking. I will park 1/2 a mile away to get shade!

you carry (a just in case) comb, tweezers and pliers when you take your dog our for a walk.

you no longer associate bridges (or rivers) with water. Wait, they are supposed to have water?

you've heard about mosquitoes but never actually seen one

your best beach list is all hotel pools.

you can tell the difference between a dog and a coyote even at 1000 yards at midnight I've actually done that while driving.

and finally you know you're from Arizona when your house is made of stucco and styrofoam. Yep and my patio is covered with the stuff too!
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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!

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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.

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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!

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

Ditto for Texas. Mountains, shoreline, tornados, hurricanes, blizzards, heat waves, but not around Houston. Except for the hurricane one.

Some interesting temperature averages on the hottest months. Death valley is right there, but who lives there. Notice population difference between Death Valley and the next hottest place, Kuwait City. I don't know if I should count Death Valley, considering there must be points in the Arabian Peninsula that soar way above that.

Death Valley California July, 116 F
Kuwait City August 112 F
Dhahran July, 109.9 F
Dubai July, August 103 F
Phoenix July 102 F