Help needed, record temperatures

XabbaRus · 04-11-08, 04:24 AM

Guys
Can you help me?
I am trying to find out the highest recorded temperature in the world, in the last 50 years.

Trouble is I'm needing two kinds
I need ambient temperature with the recording taken in the shade.
The second is highest recorded temperature in the sun.

Cheers

Skybird · 04-11-08, 04:51 AM

National weather offices?

GlobalExplorer · 04-11-08, 05:34 AM

You should look at places in the Sahara - I think some of the highest temperatures were recorded in places like In Salah (Algeria).

Letum · 04-11-08, 06:35 AM

Thats a tough one....

The highest ever recorded tempriture on Earth is around 3.6 billion Fahrenheit, but
I guess you mean sunlight/atmostphere generated tempriture.

On September 13, 1922, in El Azizia, Libya, the temperature reached 136 degrees
Fahrenheit. That is the current highest, but thats not in the last 50 years and it does
not give the ambient temperature.

Takao · 04-11-08, 06:56 AM

Death Valley hit 129 degrees F in 1960 and 1998. Dosen't say which type.
http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/parks/deva/weather.html

Trex · 04-11-08, 07:18 AM

In July or August 2006, at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan, I saw thermometer showing a shade temperature of 56 C (132 F). It was 70+ C in the sun (highest the thermometer would read). My sergeant described it simply as "stupid hot" and he was right.

Guinness notes a 'highest in North America' 134 F (57 C) in Death Valley, USA in 1913.

SUBMAN1 · 04-11-08, 10:00 AM

Death Valley probably will take it for the world I would guess. The Sahara is also hot, but not as hot. It just has the reputation of being the longest desert in the world.

-S

bradclark1 · 04-11-08, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Takao

Death Valley hit 129 degrees F in 1960 and 1998. Dosen't say which type.
http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/parks/deva/weather.html

Love Death Valley. Did a lot of training there. You can loose 5lbs a day easy and not even realize it. Great weight loss place. It would be ambient temperature. I'm sure there is some math or formula that would give you the shade though.

Edit: From the site if it's helpful:
The highest ground temperatures

The highest ground temperature recorded was 201°F at Furnace Creek on July 15, 1972. The maximum air temperature for that day was 128°F. Ground temperature on the valley floor is about 40% higher than the surrounding air temperature

FIREWALL · 04-11-08, 11:15 AM

Being between the sheets with Catherine Bell.:p

HOT! HOTTER! HOTTEST!

OH Thats right you only needed two temps.

Etienne · 04-11-08, 12:02 PM

Try the National Weather Service, or whatever your local equivalent is. These folks LOVE keeping records.

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Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Thats a tough one.... The highest ever recorded tempriture on Earth is around 3.6 billion Fahrenheit, but I guess you mean sunlight/atmostphere generated tempriture. On September 13, 1922, in El Azizia, Libya, the temperature reached 136 degrees Fahrenheit. That is the current highest, but thats not in the last 50 years and it does not give the ambient temperature. __________________

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Trex Lieutenant Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 262 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	In July or August 2006, at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan, I saw thermometer showing a shade temperature of 56 C (132 F). It was 70+ C in the sun (highest the thermometer would read). My sergeant described it simply as "stupid hot" and he was right. Guinness notes a 'highest in North America' 134 F (57 C) in Death Valley, USA in 1913. Last edited by Trex; 04-11-08 at 10:09 AM.

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Takao Officer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Reading, PA Posts: 244 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Death Valley hit 129 degrees F in 1960 and 1998. Dosen't say which type. http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/parks/deva/weather.html

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SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Death Valley probably will take it for the world I would guess. The Sahara is also hot, but not as hot. It just has the reputation of being the longest desert in the world. -S __________________

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FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Being between the sheets with Catherine Bell.:p HOT! HOTTER! HOTTEST! OH Thats right you only needed two temps. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

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Etienne Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 695 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Try the National Weather Service, or whatever your local equivalent is. These folks LOVE keeping records.