Hottest and lowest temps ever recorded on Earth.

[cmailliard]

Here is a pic of the Blackwater Range in Baghdad. That's in the shade.

[sniper7]

worst I have been in was 135 in phoenix on the ramp at the airport. walking to the place felt like the soles of your shoes were gum.

[TS12000]

Must be that global warming stuff sticking to your shoe

[RobertB]

worst I have been in was 135 in phoenix on the ramp at the airport. walking to the place felt like the soles of your shoes were gum.

(Supposedly, as I didn't see the thermometer) 155 on the ramp at K2 airbase in Uzbekistan. I referred to it as God's Hairdryer. It was so hot it was difficult to breathe and I thought I was going to actually burst into flames any second. But at least it was a dry heat.

[Troublco]

(Supposedly, as I didn't see the thermometer) 155 on the ramp at K2 airbase in Uzbekistan. I referred to it as God's Hairdryer. It was so hot it was difficult to breathe and I thought I was going to actually burst into flames any second. But at least it was a dry heat.

I've been told that you always add 10 degrees for the heat reflected off the ramp. So if it was 135, you're actually standing in 145 degree heat. I believe it, I remember thinking that the only thing it really reminded me of was when my mom would open the oven when she was baking cookies. Only, I was in the oven and there were no cookies....

[cowboykjohnson]

F You Singapore!

they do seem to have very moderate temps... with a record low of 66 and a record high off 90 something. Wow

[jake]

That hottest temp in the UK was about the time we were packing up all my stuff ready to move here. Hardly any AC in private homes in the UK, and definitely not in the 100 year old house I was living in. We were so miserable, dying to get over to Florida just to cool down.

[Irving]

I also like looking at when each record was set. It seems like most of them were around 50-60 years ago, and the other ones were within the last ten years.

[clublights]

I also like looking at when each record was set. It seems like most of them were around 50-60 years ago, and the other ones were within the last ten years.

gee that wouldn't be because weather is cyclic......... must be global warming.

[Irving]

I know what you are saying (I had a similar thought), but you really can't make that kind of conclusion with this data, since it is just one data point for each place.