Its soooo hot in Phoenix...

Boris Mohar · May 26, 2005

On Thu, 26 May 2005 18:20:40 +0100, Pooh Bear
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote:

Boris Mohar wrote:

On Wed, 25 May 2005 20:33:00 -0700, Luhan Monat <x@y.z> wrote:

Pooh Bear wrote:
Luhan Monat wrote:

That my LCD car clock turned solid black.

Maybe that's why VFDs are popular in US vehicles ? It's always puzzled
me why US car stereos use VFDs ( whenever I've seen one an a TV prog for
example ) when European ones use LCDs.

Graham

"Its 110 in the shade.... and there ain't no shade!"

When we were traveling through Death Valley one summer we asked the
campground manager how cold does it get at night. He looked at our Canadian
licence plates and quipped "You mean how hot does it stay?" They call it dry
heat because it dries your bones out. I wish we had some of that weather
right now. It was 43°F this morning

You still use Fahrenheit ? Luckily I'm old enough to know what you mean.

Graham

I was being courteous to our American neighbors. Canada is officially
metric.

Regards,

Boris Mohar

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Lasse Langwadt Christense · May 26, 2005

Kevin Aylward wrote:

Pooh Bear wrote:

Luhan Monat wrote:

Pooh Bear wrote:

Luhan Monat wrote:

That my LCD car clock turned solid black.

Maybe that's why VFDs are popular in US vehicles ? It's always
puzzled me why US car stereos use VFDs ( whenever I've seen one an
a TV prog for example ) when European ones use LCDs.

Graham

"Its 110 in the shade.... and there ain't no shade!"

Reminds me - must get the a/c in my car fixed ! Uk summers can be
uncomfortably warm and humid these days - climate change and all
that....

Graham

Well, I lived in Phoenix for about 1 1/2 years. It got up to 117 once.
"Warm" is 100.

I lived in Phoenix for a years or so, moved there in the middle of summer,
in the apartment I moved into the A/C was broken, it took a week to get it
fixed, after that I didn't complain about the heat any more

-Lasse

Ross Herbert · May 27, 2005

On Thu, 26 May 2005 09:30:03 -0700, Luhan Monat <x@y.z> wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:
On Wed, 25 May 2005 20:14:46 -0700, Luhan Monat <x@y.z> wrote:

That my LCD car clock turned solid black.

Its soooo hot in Phoenix... that the Canadians have finally gone home.
Now the street speeds are back up to normal ;-)

...Jim Thompson

Just be glad you don't live in Quartzsite... it runs about 15 degrees
warmer there. Average mid-summer temperature: 130 degrees.

A slight exaggeration I think. The average (40yr) high for July is
108.3F (42.4C), and that's still bloody hot for a monthly average. It
would mean they might get the odd 120F day but not too often. I
believe the recored max is 122F but some say they have recorded 127F.
How many thermometers have a scale reading beyond 120F?

No wonder the locals have fried brains

http://qwikcast.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=568620

Ross Herbert · May 27, 2005

On Thu, 26 May 2005 16:23:58 +0200, martin griffith
<martingriffith@XXyahoo.co.uk> wrote:

On Thu, 26 May 2005 14:10:06 +0100, in sci.electronics.design Terry
Pinnell <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote:

Luhan Monat <x@y.z> wrote:

Its soooo hot in Phoenix...that my LCD car clock turned solid black.

A very pleasant 23C (73F) here.
Not bad, just look at my annual temperature archive. I think I win

http://tinyurl.com/76z9g

martin

"Wales is a big welsh-shaped rain collection device"

Where exactly do you live Martin?

I'm not too sure about the accuracy of archived data on Windguru. For
instance it shows the May 26 2005 3pm temp where I am as 22C yet the
local official weather bureau temp for that date and time was 25.6C.

Also, looking solely at Perth Australia temperatures for Feb 2004,
Windguru archived data shows the maximum 3pm temperature for any day
as 31C. The official highest maximum for Feb 2004 was 41.5C.

Bob Stephens · May 27, 2005

On Fri, 27 May 2005 06:41:45 GMT, Ross Herbert wrote:

On Thu, 26 May 2005 09:30:03 -0700, Luhan Monat <x@y.z> wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:
On Wed, 25 May 2005 20:14:46 -0700, Luhan Monat <x@y.z> wrote:

A slight exaggeration I think. The average (40yr) high for July is
108.3F (42.4C), and that's still bloody hot for a monthly average. It
would mean they might get the odd 120F day but not too often. I
believe the recored max is 122F but some say they have recorded 127F.
How many thermometers have a scale reading beyond 120F?

Well I spent the month of August working in Tempe (short for temperature)
one year, and it hit 123F a couple of times. It got down to around 96F at
around 3 in the morning and it actually felt refreshing by comparison.

And as regards the 'It ain't the heat it's the humidity' argument -
Bullshit. 120F+ is *HOT* You can get all the dry heat you want inside a
microwave oven BTW.

Bob

Jim Thompson · May 27, 2005

On Fri, 27 May 2005 06:30:52 -0700, Bob Stephens <roberts@dcxchol.com>
wrote:

On Fri, 27 May 2005 06:41:45 GMT, Ross Herbert wrote:

On Thu, 26 May 2005 09:30:03 -0700, Luhan Monat <x@y.z> wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:
On Wed, 25 May 2005 20:14:46 -0700, Luhan Monat <x@y.z> wrote:

A slight exaggeration I think. The average (40yr) high for July is
108.3F (42.4C), and that's still bloody hot for a monthly average. It
would mean they might get the odd 120F day but not too often. I
believe the recored max is 122F but some say they have recorded 127F.
How many thermometers have a scale reading beyond 120F?

Well I spent the month of August working in Tempe (short for temperature)
one year, and it hit 123F a couple of times.

Thou doth exaggerate! I know of only two occasions where temperatures
exceeded 120°F in the Phoenix area, and I've lived here for 43 years.

Both these occurrences were in June, our hottest month. August tends
toward "high" humidity, ~30%, so to a novice it might "feel" like 120.

It got down to around 96F at
around 3 in the morning and it actually felt refreshing by comparison.

That's common in July and August.

And as regards the 'It ain't the heat it's the humidity' argument -
Bullshit. 120F+ is *HOT* You can get all the dry heat you want inside a
microwave oven BTW.

Bob

It REALLY is terrible here... nobody in their right mind should ever
move to Arizona. Stay away for _your_ own health and safety, and for
_our_ maintenance of a pristine lifestyle ;-)

...Jim Thompson
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Luhan Monat · May 27, 2005

Ross Herbert wrote:

On Thu, 26 May 2005 09:30:03 -0700, Luhan Monat <x@y.z> wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:

On Wed, 25 May 2005 20:14:46 -0700, Luhan Monat <x@y.z> wrote:

That my LCD car clock turned solid black.

Its soooo hot in Phoenix... that the Canadians have finally gone home.
Now the street speeds are back up to normal ;-)

...Jim Thompson

Just be glad you don't live in Quartzsite... it runs about 15 degrees
warmer there. Average mid-summer temperature: 130 degrees.

A slight exaggeration I think. The average (40yr) high for July is
108.3F (42.4C), and that's still bloody hot for a monthly average. It
would mean they might get the odd 120F day but not too often. I
believe the recored max is 122F but some say they have recorded 127F.
How many thermometers have a scale reading beyond 120F?

No wonder the locals have fried brains

http://qwikcast.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=568620

No exaderation, the summer I was there ran about 125 every day for a
couple of weeks. The locals had 2 comments. This was the mildest
summer in years, and few years back they ran 4 days at 136 degrees.

Since there is no 'official' weather reported from QZ, they just dont
make the record books; but I doubt that dozens of peoples thermomitors
were all wrong at the same time.

--
Luhan Monat: luhanis(at)yahoo(dot)com
http://members.cox.net/berniekm
"Any sufficiently advanced magick is
indistinguishable from technology."

Bob Stephens · May 27, 2005

On Fri, 27 May 2005 07:23:52 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote:

Thou doth exaggerate! I know of only two occasions where temperatures
exceeded 120°F in the Phoenix area, and I've lived here for 43 years.

Both these occurrences were in June, our hottest month. August tends
toward "high" humidity, ~30%, so to a novice it might "feel" like 120.

Hmmm.. I believe you, but I distinctly remember the talking head on the
news saying 123 - could have been 'apparent' temperature or something I
suppose. I had come down with some desert plague and was thoroughly hating
life, so it kind of stuck with me. This would have been 1980 or 81 IIRC and
at the time Tempe was growing and there were crews doing hot tar roofing in
that heat! I don't know how they survived.

Bob

Jim Thompson · May 27, 2005

On Fri, 27 May 2005 08:36:59 -0700, Bob Stephens <roberts@dcxchol.com>
wrote:

On Fri, 27 May 2005 07:23:52 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote:

Thou doth exaggerate! I know of only two occasions where temperatures
exceeded 120°F in the Phoenix area, and I've lived here for 43 years.

Both these occurrences were in June, our hottest month. August tends
toward "high" humidity, ~30%, so to a novice it might "feel" like 120.

Hmmm.. I believe you, but I distinctly remember the talking head on the
news saying 123 - could have been 'apparent' temperature or something I
suppose. I had come down with some desert plague and was thoroughly hating
life, so it kind of stuck with me. This would have been 1980 or 81 IIRC and
at the time Tempe was growing and there were crews doing hot tar roofing in
that heat! I don't know how they survived.

480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax

Bob Stephens · May 27, 2005

On Fri, 27 May 2005 09:06:38 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote:

On Fri, 27 May 2005 08:36:59 -0700, Bob Stephens <roberts@dcxchol.com
wrote:

On Fri, 27 May 2005 07:23:52 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote:

Thou doth exaggerate! I know of only two occasions where temperatures
exceeded 120°F in the Phoenix area, and I've lived here for 43 years.

Both these occurrences were in June, our hottest month. August tends
toward "high" humidity, ~30%, so to a novice it might "feel" like 120.

Hmmm.. I believe you, but I distinctly remember the talking head on the
news saying 123 - could have been 'apparent' temperature or something I
suppose. I had come down with some desert plague and was thoroughly hating
life, so it kind of stuck with me. This would have been 1980 or 81 IIRC and
at the time Tempe was growing and there were crews doing hot tar roofing in
that heat! I don't know how they survived.

That's what Mexicans are for ;-)

...Jim Thompson

OK. You asked for it.

Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie are looking over the parapet at the Alamo one
morning and they se Santa Ana coming across the desert leading 10,000
Mexicans. Crockett turns to Bowie and says:

"Hey Jim. Are we pouring concrete today?"

Bob

martin griffith · May 27, 2005

On Fri, 27 May 2005 07:26:53 GMT, in sci.electronics.design Ross
Herbert <rherber1@bigpond.net.au> wrote:

On Thu, 26 May 2005 16:23:58 +0200, martin griffith
martingriffith@XXyahoo.co.uk> wrote:

On Thu, 26 May 2005 14:10:06 +0100, in sci.electronics.design Terry
Pinnell <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote:

Luhan Monat <x@y.z> wrote:

Its soooo hot in Phoenix...that my LCD car clock turned solid black.

A very pleasant 23C (73F) here.
Not bad, just look at my annual temperature archive. I think I win

http://tinyurl.com/76z9g

martin

"Wales is a big welsh-shaped rain collection device"

Where exactly do you live Martin?

I'm not too sure about the accuracy of archived data on Windguru. For
instance it shows the May 26 2005 3pm temp where I am as 22C yet the
local official weather bureau temp for that date and time was 25.6C.

Also, looking solely at Perth Australia temperatures for Feb 2004,
Windguru archived data shows the maximum 3pm temperature for any day
as 31C. The official highest maximum for Feb 2004 was 41.5C.
I live just outside Cadiz. I think that windguru is a bit rough and

ready on the stats, but its quite good at trends (and wind)

martin

"Wales is a big welsh-shaped rain collection device"

Ross Herbert · May 28, 2005

On Fri, 27 May 2005 07:28:23 -0700, Luhan Monat <x@y.z> wrote:

Ross Herbert wrote:
On Thu, 26 May 2005 09:30:03 -0700, Luhan Monat <x@y.z> wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:

On Wed, 25 May 2005 20:14:46 -0700, Luhan Monat <x@y.z> wrote:

That my LCD car clock turned solid black.

Its soooo hot in Phoenix... that the Canadians have finally gone home.
Now the street speeds are back up to normal ;-)

...Jim Thompson

Just be glad you don't live in Quartzsite... it runs about 15 degrees
warmer there. Average mid-summer temperature: 130 degrees.

A slight exaggeration I think. The average (40yr) high for July is
108.3F (42.4C), and that's still bloody hot for a monthly average. It
would mean they might get the odd 120F day but not too often. I
believe the recored max is 122F but some say they have recorded 127F.
How many thermometers have a scale reading beyond 120F?

No wonder the locals have fried brains

http://qwikcast.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=568620

No exaderation, the summer I was there ran about 125 every day for a
couple of weeks. The locals had 2 comments. This was the mildest
summer in years, and few years back they ran 4 days at 136 degrees.

Since there is no 'official' weather reported from QZ, they just dont
make the record books; but I doubt that dozens of peoples thermomitors
were all wrong at the same time.

I certainly can't doubt the veracity of the QZ locals but I can say
that I certainly would take Jim Thompson's advice to stay away from
Phoenix if that's an indication of heat..

Speaking of hot places to live... how about Coober Pedy, opal mining
capital of the world, in Sth Australia. So hot that more than half the
town's population of 3,500 live underground, including churches. Often
tops 50C and some reports up to 60C, though this seems doubtful.

Then there's Marble Bar in Western Australia... Record in 1924 of 161
consecutive days of 100F or more. The town has been immortalised in
the very funny but little known poem, The Man from Marble Bar by
Victor Courtney.

Satan sat by the fires of Hell
As from endless time he's sat,
And he sniffed great draughts of the brimstone's smell
That came as the tongue-flames spat;

Then all at once the devil looked stern
For there in the depths of Hell
Was a fellow whom never a flame could burn
Or goad to an anguished yell;

So Satan stalked to the lonely scene
And growled with a stormy brow,
'Now, stranger, tell me what does this mean?
You should be well scorched by now.'

But the chappie replied with a laugh quite new;
'This place is too cold by far
Just chuck on an extra log or two
I'VE COME IN FROM MARBLE BAR!

Rich Grise · May 28, 2005

On Sat, 28 May 2005 04:00:39 +0000, Ross Herbert wrote:

Then there's Marble Bar in Western Australia... Record in 1924 of 161
consecutive days of 100F or more. The town has been immortalised in
the very funny but little known poem, The Man from Marble Bar by
Victor Courtney.

Satan sat by the fires of Hell
As from endless time he's sat,
And he sniffed great draughts of the brimstone's smell
That came as the tongue-flames spat;

Then all at once the devil looked stern
For there in the depths of Hell
Was a fellow whom never a flame could burn
Or goad to an anguished yell;

So Satan stalked to the lonely scene
And growled with a stormy brow,
'Now, stranger, tell me what does this mean?
You should be well scorched by now.'

But the chappie replied with a laugh quite new;
'This place is too cold by far
Just chuck on an extra log or two
I'VE COME IN FROM MARBLE BAR!

Reminds me of "The Cremation of Sam McGee", albeit kinda the
opposite direction:

http://www.robertwservice.com/modules/library/article.php?articleid=30

Cheers!
Rich

DaveC · May 29, 2005

On Wed, 25 May 2005 20:33:00 -0700, Luhan Monat wrote
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"Its 110 in the shade.... and there ain't no shade!"

One evening I drove my motorcycle home to Tucson from Phoenix. As I passed
the bank time & temperature it read:

8:00 pm
120 deg.

Don't know if that was accurate, but it sure stuck in my mind...
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