Hottest spot...

I live in Phoenix. Nobody vacations in the desert in the summer. Well, not anyone that knows better!

Just got back from Williams, AZ. 2 1/2 hours north of Phoenix. Around 75 most days. 50's at night. Easy enough drive for weekend getaways from the heat.

harley-dave wrote:
122 in Phoenix, even the airplanes couldn't fly!!

Dave

I remember taking my helicopter flight lessons and it was so hot and humid, the little Robinson R22 was struggling with myself and the instructor on board with just a half tank of fuel

A toss up, either S. Vietnam, or Lake Havasu City in August.

The high yesterday in Death Valley was 123. Sounds like fun.

An odd thing about this,the Brits are moaning about 'unbearable heat' during this summer. And the temp they report is 30 deg C plus/minus some. Now 30 C is about 85 F which we would regard as pleasantly cool for summer here. But they are dying from the heat wave.

Lake Havasu City May of this year. And I thought 106 was hot. You guys deserve medals.

July 27 2004 Phoenix AZ 123 F.

El Centro CA in the 70”s one week average temp was 121. I was there in the navy working on F8”s teaching pilots. TAD from Nas Miramar. There was a F4 group there also. One day close to 130 on the flight line a F4 hit afterburner never got off the ground plowed through a lettuce field.
I was a airframes troubleshooter had to carry your tools in a bucket of water and keep the bucket in the shade or the water was to hot to put your hand in.

We all got a letter of accommodation in our service record for flying 155 hours with average temp of 121. Back in the day..

Hovenweep NM late Sept 2015, at least 200. Had to skip staying in their CG and find a place in Bluff with power so we could run the A/C.

sayoung wrote:
Black Canyon down river from Hoover Dam , 122 F.
I have measured 117 right here in East Texas one afternoon working on a AC service call . It was 103 yesterday, glad I retired .

Death Valley and anywhere near the Colorado River valley, including Las Vegas- it don't get much hotter anywhere in the country.