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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 02:15 PM
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What's your temperature range?
Coldest I've personally experienced: 18°F.

Hottest I've personally experienced: 113°F.

Range: 95°



Extra credit if the extremes were in the same place. Mine were like 20 miles apart.

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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 02:18 PM
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1. same town
-18 (the lowest i can remember) and 105

the weather here is so wacky sometimes
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 02:20 PM
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3. the weather here is so wacky sometimes
it just fits the residents ;)



kidding

:hi:
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 02:34 PM
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5. it's funny cuz it's true
i've been known to be a bit wacky from time to time

:hi:
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 02:45 PM
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8. I figured as much
cause you seem wacky to me! LOL

:pals:
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 07:00 PM
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19. You, wacky?
I'll never believe that. ;)

:D
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 02:19 PM
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2. -30 to +112= 142 degree range
No the extremes weren't in the same place

but... I've experienced -8 to 112+ in the same place= 120 range that's a lot of extremes in one place, Stillwater Oklahoma

-30 was in Minneapolis

112 was in Stillwater Ok

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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 02:25 PM
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4. Worked in the fields of a high desert ranch with summer temps around 120F
Went swimming in a reservoir at the same ranch one winter night when the thermometer say -16F. Range 136. Sites about a half-mile apart.
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 02:37 PM
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6. -45°F to 132°F
So, 177. The low was in Saskatchewan, the high was in AZ in the canyon
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 02:42 PM
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7. -45 to +120
Edited on Sat Jan-13-07 02:44 PM by grasswire
Montana to Blythe, California

Lived in the former, camped in the latter.

On edit: in Montana experienced +100 plus, to -45. Pretty good spread, more with wind chill factor.
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dropkickpa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 02:54 PM
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9. High 118°F low -19°F
NOT in the same place.

In the same place - high 101°F low -19°F
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 03:13 PM
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10. -40 to 116.
Edited on Sat Jan-13-07 03:14 PM by mainegreen
I prefer 68.

Edited to add the 116 was in an urban area. Pavement=heat.
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 03:17 PM
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11. The northeast has wacky weather...
It's not uncommon for the temps to get above 100 in the summer and probably hotter with the heat index and I know I've been in below zero temps here in the winter (although not this winter).
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 03:19 PM
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12. Coldest: 0°F, or there abouts.
Hottest: 114°F (while visiting my grandparents in AZ)
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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 03:25 PM
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-30 in the twin cities
107 here in denver. I was driving truck in the twin cities and I had to unload rolls of insulation, outside, without any gloves. I got frostbite that day. I also snapped my brake lines on my trailer by taking too sharp of a turn in the cold.

I finally got to omaha and the temprature there was 0 degrees. After what I went through in the cities, 0 actually felt warm.
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 03:25 PM
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13. -40 F to 118 F n/t
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 03:30 PM
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14. I don't know the coldest I've ever experienced.
Even counting just actual temperature and not wind chill, I have experienced well into the double digits below zero.

Highest I've experienced was 117 or so in Phoenix.
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ElboRuum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 06:28 PM
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15. 98.6. Pretty steady most days.
Bah-dum, pssh.
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Zookeeper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 06:34 PM
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16. -30 degrees to 102 degrees...
Edited on Sat Jan-13-07 06:34 PM by Zookeeper
132 degree range....all in the same place. (How much extra credit?)
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windlight Donating Member (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 06:38 PM
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17. two places
In Laramie, WY i think it got down to -25 and -60 with wind chill... And I was in Las Veges i think it was 105 many many years ago... but now I'm in PA so I won't see either of those anymore... I personally like it around 67... but I stand 80 in the summer and 58 in the winter (inside that is)
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 06:40 PM
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18. In F: 102 to -63 (wind chill, -76)
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Zookeeper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-14-07 02:03 AM
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23. Damn you Canadians!
I thought I had the record for the widest range in the same place...:P
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-14-07 02:11 AM
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24. Both ends of that spectrum
I don't ever want to repeat again!! (especially the cold)




You're still very special, m'friend! :hug:
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Zookeeper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-14-07 03:40 AM
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36. ...
and a :hug: to you, too!

(Hey, have you started a MySpace page?)
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-14-07 05:01 PM
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45. I don't have a page yet, Zookeeper
I don't know if I'll set one up anytime soon, to be honest. I'm doing more volunteer work now, and don't any more distraction when I do the computer work. DU is bad enough! ;-)
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-14-07 02:15 AM
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27. Celsius, Not Farenheit, right?
or are you talking 63 below 0 Farenheit?

that is frickin' cold either way you look at it
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-14-07 02:33 AM
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29. Notice the "In F" in the subject line
;-)

-63C is -81F. :scared: :scared: :scared:


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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-14-07 02:34 AM
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30. I Didn't Pay Attention
x(

I sorry

;)
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 07:02 PM
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20. 20 below to 118
the 118 was in Arizona

the 20 below was in Illinois
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 07:07 PM
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21. Coldest: -52 actual air temp with winds creating -72 wind chill
Warmest: officially 117 degrees in Tucson, but I got in the habit of carrying a thermometer with me as I knew damned well actual temps in the center of town, over pavement in high traffic was worse than the 'official weather station' in the open at the airport, away from the heat the city adds. Anyway, I measured it at 135 at a bus stop on the corner of Grant and Craycroft at 3PM one day in July a few years back.

The machines we use to avoid the heat create more.

My personal temp range is about 96-104 ;)
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JustABozoOnThisBus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 07:20 PM
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22. -20 and +125
-20 in MI,
125 in NM (White Sands)
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-14-07 02:14 AM
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25. In the same place: -23°F, +105°F
Thermometer, not wind.

Hottest ever was Vegas in August, probably in excess of 110°F
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anti-everything Donating Member (627 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-14-07 02:14 AM
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26. -39 in Minnesota and about +120 in Texas
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-14-07 02:29 AM
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28. Coldest : -22.
Hottest: 108.

How do I make the little "degree" signs?
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-14-07 02:36 AM
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31. Where was it 108?
I don't know how to make degree signs on my laptop.

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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-14-07 02:41 AM
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32. Costa Rica!
You know what? I LOVED it at that temperature, except when I stayed where there was no AC (not the heat, the humidity. I'm badly allergic to mold). One of my sisters and I, as we walked along a jungle path, agreed that we were feeling either the very best we'd ever felt or the worst. We settled on the best. That's the kind of heat that purifies your body!
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-14-07 02:46 AM
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33. It'll Do Something To You!
I worked out in the oilfield in Northern Oklahoma in the summer of 1980. It got up around 112 and was quite humid. I felt purified every day. I needed it as every night at that time I was pretty trashed and stayed up all night for the most part many a night. Had a little "help" to make it through the day, but that is never a substitute for sleep. The heat was incredible that summer. I haven't experienced that kind of heat around here since. 108 is about hot as it has gotten here in Fort Smith, and it is more humid here than in Northern Oklahoma. However neither probably compares to the humidity in Costa Rica.

That is a purifying experience I'm sure.

;)
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northofdenali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-14-07 02:50 AM
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34. Oh, wow -
During the Major Heat Wave of 1995, I was in the midwest when it hit 110.

Coldest was in 1969 here in Fairbanks, record cold of 69 below.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-14-07 03:09 AM
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35. -8 to 119
Range of 127. :P
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-14-07 06:08 AM
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37. Do saunas count?
Edited on Sun Jan-14-07 06:12 AM by pokerfan
If not, then 129° F in Saudi Arabia, -30° F in Alberta.

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montanto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-14-07 06:57 AM
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38. 98.6 +/- nt
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Mendocino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-14-07 08:07 AM
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39. -30 in Michigan, 108 in California, 138 range.
Edited on Sun Jan-14-07 08:13 AM by Mendocino
-16 to 105 at home in NW Ohio, 121 range.

On edit, had both ranges off by ten, then some trouble with edit function, hope as is well now.
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-14-07 11:26 AM
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40. Low: -10F (Quebec City). High: 105F (here in Maine in late July).
Give or take a few degrees.
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Anarcho-Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-14-07 11:31 AM
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41. -18F to 105F
The former was in Missouri, and the latter was in Texas.
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eyesroll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-14-07 11:42 AM
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42. Coldest: -23, January 18, 1994, Beloit, WI; Warmest: 113, July 2002, Las Vegas
Range = 136 degrees. Criminy.

My Milwaukee extremes are probably -10, +100 or so...so 110 degrees or so.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-14-07 11:48 AM
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43. Coldest: 22 Hottest: 118
Both in Sacramento.
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rockymountaindem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-14-07 11:51 AM
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44. -40 to 121
Edited on Sun Jan-14-07 11:52 AM by rockymountaindem
-40 at night in Toronto, Canada, during my first year of school. We had two months in early 2004 when the temp never cracked the -20 barrier. It was damn, damn cold, but I thought it was cool. One time the crappy old heater in my dorm room broke down on a Friday night and it couldn't be fixed until Monday morning. My roommate and I had to sleep in our coats and I wore my Russian hat and gloves to bed. Later somebody said "why don't you just sleep in the common room"? We thought that would be whimping out. By Monday, the *inside* of our window was covered in a sheet of ice.

The 121 day was the day I toured the Hoover Dam, in July 2001. I prefer -40, personally.

On edit: one night in Colorado when I was about eight years old it got down to -62 with the wind chill. I don't know if we're counting wind chill or not.
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-14-07 05:09 PM
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46. 98.6
Actually, Chicago has been - 27 and + 104. Big range. Not fun.
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