Fun71

No, it's not another thread about an Olds engine overheating.

It's ME that is overheating.

RetroRanger

yeah but...whats the humidity ...in my area 60s and low 70s for the next two weeks

redoldsman

It is a dry heat which means it will only feel 114 on Sunday. It is a good thing you guys don't have any humidity.

joe_padavano

I've spent several summers in Chandler for work. I'll take Phoenix in summer over D.C. any time. By the way, I was sitting in a plane on the runway at Sky Harbor the day it hit 121 deg in Phoenix in the 1990s.

Fun71

Humidity? What's that?
Oh yeah, I remember, we had that year round when I lived on the Gulf Coast. Can't say I miss it at all.


Joe, I guess you got out before they shut the airport down. It was literally too hot for airplanes to take off.

I wonder if that will happen again next week? It's already too hot for the aircraft battling the wildfires in some parts of the state, especially the helicopters in the high country. They have been grounded during the peak heat hours of the day.

joe_padavano

No, I didn't. That's why I was sitting on a plane!

Interesting story about that. I was in a Boeing 737, stuck on the ground at 121 deg. We could see and hear the McDonnell Douglas DC9s taking off. I later found out that the Boeing air density charts stop at 120F. The McDonnell Douglas charts went to 122F. The FAA would not allow the 737 operators to extrapolate the charts to take off at 121.

My2nd 69 442

Dry heat or not, it's still hot here. By the way Joe, we (wife, kids and several friends)were at Apache lake during the heat wave in 90's and even the water was hot. It is susposed to get to 119 in Tucson this coming week.
Stay cool Kenneth

joe_padavano

Yeah, that was the problem with the pool at the hotel in Tempe.

m371961

I went out to Chandler quite a few times in 99-04. The only times I enjoyed the weather was in the deep winter. I don't like 90 anywhere, and 110 is just hot.

oldcutlass

I'd be willing to bet that our 98-100 degree temps will make us more miserable than yours.

Fun71

I dunno. I grew up on the Gulf Coast so I endured many a hot, muggy summer, but when it's over 110º it is just brutally hot, and when it gets to 120º it's unbelievably worse. Nowdays when I go back to visit family on the Gulf Coast during the middle of summer it just doesn't feel hot. They all complain how hot and humid it is, but it just doesn't feel bad to me.

Fun71

There was a newspaper story several years ago about how the local tourism industry was negatively impacted when that story went nationwide, so the National Weather Service thermometer at Sky Harbor was moved to a cooler location so it wouldn't "officially" be that hot ever again. Ha! I guess they'll have to move the thermometer to another location!

Ozzie

Well guys, better get used to it. After Global Warming REALLY "kicks in" it will only get worse. 7.5 billion of the human specie is more than twice what the Earth needs for a stable climate. The carbon dioxide and methane are problematic. The glaciers are retreating, the polar caps are melting, the polar bears are "burnt up" about losing their home, and if we have a long life, we may have to apply for Canadian citizenship.

Bunser

Not to worry Ozzie, some fellow with a "big brain" doesn't believe in any climate change!

Fun71

Climate will change - it is is inevitable - so we shouldn't get too comfortable with the way things are now. The desert where I am now used to be the western shore of a large inland sea, proving that change has always been one of the inevitable constants on this planet, and the entire universe for that matter.

I think we're smart enough to adapt. And if not, then we go the way of the dinosaurs and the next species to rule the world gets its chance.

My2nd 69 442

Damn Kenneth by the map you posted I would have beach front property here in Tucson

droldsmorland

I too will take the dry heat. I've been in Chandler, Mesa, Glendale at 115. Loved it! Sure you don't want to be on the golf course at 2pm just go inside or to a bar with the outdoor misters...all good IMO. Been to AZ many times each time I say I'm gone move there. Zero sweat! Wickes off too fast. ZERO rust. Try 90*F with 70% humidity...now that does suck.

Gary M

I'm always under water no matter what happens.

oldcutlass

We were at 105F heat index today...

Tedd Thompson

Don't know about any stinking index but on my rear deck the thermometer thingy reads 106 and I'm at 3500 elevation it's only 4:15 we have three hours left to get really hot..... Beats snow any day.... Tedd

Fun71

We hit 104 at around 11 am and peaked at 115 around 4pm. It's 11pm now and still 100 degrees.

Fun71

Well, it's gonna be hot enough to ground some smaller jets, and it may actually get hot enough tomorrow to ground everything.

Phoenix heat wave forces American Airlines to cancel 20 flights
By KTAR.com
June 19, 2017 at 12:10 pm

At least 20 American Airlines flights were canceled until the weather cools off just a bit in Phoenix, the company said in an email.

The airline said several American Eagle regional flights scheduled for Tuesday were canceled because the Bombardier CRJ aircraft — the plane used to fly the routes — is only certified to operate in a maximum temperature of 118 degrees.

The 20 affected flights were all scheduled to land or depart Phoenix Sky Harbor between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m., which is the hottest part of the day.

Larger jets may be affected by the heat wave, but only if temperatures hit record highs. The airport said most jetliners are certified to operate up to 122 degrees, the hottest day ever recorded in Phoenix.

Phoenix could set a new all-time high this week. The National Weather Service called for a high of 117 degrees Monday, 120 degrees on Tuesday and 119 degrees on Wednesday.

Fun71

This was on the evening news yesterday afternoon: