Hottest and lowest temps ever recorded on Earth.

[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]

I often wonder who is the official recorder of that shit...
I have pictures of 110 in the shade in Kuwait... in the springtime...
it was nothing to see 110 at 0300hrs in July-August
I have sat and watched CARC bubble in the sun on a 130 day

Seriously... the greatest thing about summertime in Kuwait and Iraq is that it got so hot that Bugs wouldn't come out

I remember Kuwait in July, 120+ during the day and never less than 100 at night. We didn't dare touch the aircraft or equipment without gloves on. When we were leaving, I had put some large hydraulic hoses into black trash bags to keep them from getting everything else dirty. I had done this around sunup. By 10 am, the sun was on them and the bags had melted around the hoses.

The bugs wouldn't come out, but only during the day. I got so sick of having camel spiders try to be my friend or getting dive bombed by giant flying beetles at night, and I usually worked at night. And then there were the snakes.

I think Kuwait and Qatar were the two hottest, and as hot as Iraq was it wasn't quite as bad. Plus, the camel spiders there were less than half the size of the ones in Kuwait. And not nearly as many scorpions.

[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....