Hottest and lowest temps ever recorded on Earth.

[Irving]

I thought this was a pretty interesting list to browse through.

F You Singapore!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hottest..._ever_recorded

[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.

[clublights]

well not from JUST This data......... but I am pretty darn sure that if you see when the records were set from before these ones it's around 100 years......

they call em 100 year floods/storms. FOR A REASON!

[DD977GM2]

When i was in the Persian Gulf.....there was a cargo ship with 54 or so containers in a hold below decks. We took infared temp measurements. The temp read 144 to 146 F. It was a long day that day.

[crzy_one]

I remember cruising around town with my dad in June 1990 in Phoenix when it hit 122 that was fun...

I always told people that visited that it wasn't that bad until it was over 112 but most people couldn't stand it over 100...

[RobertB]

Fastest temperature rise: 27 °C (49 °F) in 2 minutes

That must have been pretty weird to experience!

Lots of interesting statistics on that page, like the one about getting almost 6ft of rain in a 24 hour period...

[Colorado Osprey]

That must have been pretty weird to experience!

Lots of interesting statistics on that page, like the one about getting almost 6ft of rain in a 24 hour period...

About the opposite of what we see here with hail storms.... Dropping 20-30 degrees in under 10 minutes. Last week I saw a 40 degree temp drop in just under 15 minutes.