coldest and warmest temperatures you've experienced? (hot, recorded, night, town)

[Crunch41]

Never heard of Park Rapids so I looked it up. Record low of -51 in February, it hit -50 and -51 Feb 1 and 2, 1996. (Also -51 Feb 9 1899)

[tarzan_taborda]

low: -11ºC at the highest point of Portugal
high: 44ºC Seville, Spain

[KM_W&M06]

low: ~0ºF in Northern VA
high: 115ºF in Tulsa, OK

[jmking]

Low- -25ºF Northern PA on top of a 2500' mountain
High- +125ºF Death Valley, California.

[aardvarks]

Charlotte in 2007 was in a major drought and we went the whole month of August at 100 degrees or more every day. probably topping off at about 105

early 90's I was living in Albany, NY and they set a record low one day with -47 degrees not including the wind chill.

[jmking]

Originally Posted by aardvarks

Charlotte in 2007 was in a major drought and we went the whole month of August at 100 degrees or more every day. probably topping off at about 105

early 90's I was living in Albany, NY and they set a record low one day with -47 degrees not including the wind chill.

When it's that cold, spit and it's a rock before it hits the ground.

[chicagogeorge]

Coldest in Chicago -27F/-32.8C on January 20th 1985 with a windchill of -65F/-53.9C (using new windchill formula)


http://www.onlineconversion.com/windchill.htm

Hottest in Chicago 106F/41.1C on July 13th 1995 also the warmest heat index I've ever experienced at 125F/52.2C


Hottest outside Chicago was in Surprise Arizona 45 miles outside Phoenix July 17th 2005 when it was 118F/47.8C

[automobilist]

Cold? Maybe -14F in Maine.

HOT! 112F, in my fireproof three layer racing suit, gloves, head sock & helmet, neck restraint in an enclosed race car. Buttonwillow CA.

[claudhopper]

I grew up in the midwest, Kansas and Nebraska, but don't remember the cold. I"ve lived in CA most of my adult years. Last week my outdoor thermometer read 118f. That's as hot as I ever want to experience, takes my breath away.

[Nodpete]

Lowest : -56 in Amasa, Michigan

Highest: +112 in Kiribati (an island near Hawaii)