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Saudi Arabia 72° heat
- Thread starter Godobeyer
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So you did have doors though?Sheer luxury! We never had an indoors!
When I was a kid we didn't have those.
Hello every body
I hope @Smart_Guy is still alive and well
that's why most of my (saudi ) family traveled to USA to spend the vacation before 15 days ago.
41° in shade, 72° in sunshine
28° remain to water boiling
I think air temperature of 70 degree Celsius is not correct. It could be earth skin temperature and not air temperature.
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Figures. You're comparing the afternoon of NY with the evening of Riyadh
In Riyadh, day time air temperature is hovering around 45 degree Celsius, nowhere near 70, which is an impossibility.
I just checked the weather un Mecca, Saudi Arabia, for today Sunday on AccuWeather.
It is a Sunny high of 43• Celsius, which is 109• Fahrenheit US. We had 102• Fahrenheit (38• Celsius) here yesterday in the late afternoon which is normal here.
109 celsius is hot, but I am used to it. I don't know how many times landing in New Delhi, Miami, Kolkata, Houston, other places, hotter and the killer is HUMIDITY mixed with heat verse a dry heat. I was in Death Valley (one of my favorite WINTER vacation spots) hot or hotter each day and it was fine weather, but then getting off a plane in Bangkok just as hot but MISERABLE "hot" because of the HUMIDITY more than the heat. You are in a sweat like in 10 seconds. The moisture in the air mixed with heat makes it bad. Air Conditioning works because, from my understanding, it sucks the moisture out of the air thus feels cooler.
I recall getting off a plane in Kolkata, Varanasi, spots in Florida and New Orleans, killer because of humidity mixed with heat.
So I think 109 F in Mecca while it would be nice if cooler is not so bad as if you need to cancel a trip or something. Actually, COLD is my personal danger, especially now I am getting older, the Ice Queen wants to kill me and I have no doubt about that as She has tried to kill me before such as in the snow in the Lake Tahoe area and in dreams. Now neither hot hot nor cold cold are nice, but if one or the other give me hot hot. Though my "perfect" temp is 69 degrees F to 72 degrees. That is my perfect zone.
I love Hawaii. Been there many times. But when I retire, my first vacations will be UAE/Dubai and Holland/Netherlands. Of course also Canada (might retire in B.C.) and India. But UAE is one of the first since I like luxury hotels, fireworks, and tours. Had Istanbul on the list until the Erdogan dictatorship. Egypt has been a long time dream, but now? Too dangerous.
Four years ago, we had 114 degrees F (46 celsius) almost everyday for about a week. I can handle it, no problem. The best grape harvest I ever had was that year.
Saudi has built the "great wall". I would like to see it someday, pretty amazing. Trump should send some folks there to see this engineering wonder. I would like to visit Saudi one day.
It is a Sunny high of 43• Celsius, which is 109• Fahrenheit US. We had 102• Fahrenheit (38• Celsius) here yesterday in the late afternoon which is normal here.
109 celsius is hot, but I am used to it. I don't know how many times landing in New Delhi, Miami, Kolkata, Houston, other places, hotter and the killer is HUMIDITY mixed with heat verse a dry heat. I was in Death Valley (one of my favorite WINTER vacation spots) hot or hotter each day and it was fine weather, but then getting off a plane in Bangkok just as hot but MISERABLE "hot" because of the HUMIDITY more than the heat. You are in a sweat like in 10 seconds. The moisture in the air mixed with heat makes it bad. Air Conditioning works because, from my understanding, it sucks the moisture out of the air thus feels cooler.
I recall getting off a plane in Kolkata, Varanasi, spots in Florida and New Orleans, killer because of humidity mixed with heat.
So I think 109 F in Mecca while it would be nice if cooler is not so bad as if you need to cancel a trip or something. Actually, COLD is my personal danger, especially now I am getting older, the Ice Queen wants to kill me and I have no doubt about that as She has tried to kill me before such as in the snow in the Lake Tahoe area and in dreams. Now neither hot hot nor cold cold are nice, but if one or the other give me hot hot. Though my "perfect" temp is 69 degrees F to 72 degrees. That is my perfect zone.
I love Hawaii. Been there many times. But when I retire, my first vacations will be UAE/Dubai and Holland/Netherlands. Of course also Canada (might retire in B.C.) and India. But UAE is one of the first since I like luxury hotels, fireworks, and tours. Had Istanbul on the list until the Erdogan dictatorship. Egypt has been a long time dream, but now? Too dangerous.
Four years ago, we had 114 degrees F (46 celsius) almost everyday for about a week. I can handle it, no problem. The best grape harvest I ever had was that year.
Saudi has built the "great wall". I would like to see it someday, pretty amazing. Trump should send some folks there to see this engineering wonder. I would like to visit Saudi one day.
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roger1440
I do stuff
Yeah but this is the city that doesn't sleep.Figures. You're comparing the afternoon of NY with the evening of Riyadh
Yes, I agree. I was responding to Roger's comparison for NY's 100F with Riyadh's 103F that turned out to be afternoon for the former and evening for the latter, in s side topic. After pointing out the time of the day, we can only imagine how the difference is with Riyadh's afternoon.
Those predictions are weird tho. Actual temp readings here; e.g. of those in cars and public signs, show higher temps.
With such low temps, no wonder about it
Rick O'Shez
Irishman bouncing off walls
You had a childhood?! You were lucky! We had to get up before we went to bed ( though we didn't have beds ), work 26 hours a day in the mill ( though we paid them for the privilege ), and when we got home our dad sawed us up for firewood. Times were hard!
You had a job?You had a childhood?! You were lucky! We had to get up before we went to bed ( though we didn't have beds ), work 26 hours a day in the mill ( though we paid them for the privilege ), and when we got home our dad sawed us up for firewood. Times were hard!
You had a mill?
And firewood?
Lucky dog!
Our times weren't even hard....they were flaccid....mushy even!
I was teaching my daughter how to drive today (horror in itself).
The car console indicated it was 103 degrees F, which is 39 degrees celsius.
Anyway, the earlier report of 70 celsius in Saudi Arabia seems way too high.
Around here where I live, 101-106 F is quite normal this time of year. We manage.
The car console indicated it was 103 degrees F, which is 39 degrees celsius.
Anyway, the earlier report of 70 celsius in Saudi Arabia seems way too high.
Around here where I live, 101-106 F is quite normal this time of year. We manage.
I just checked what was the highest tempreture celsius ever recorded, including the hottest spot in the Saudi desert sands.
The actual record for the highest temperature ever recorded to date was 56.7 °C at Death Valley, California in 1913.
I vacation in Death Valley in the past. Very interesting and beautiful place. I am also into gold, which makes my interest more clear. But great place to go on a burro (form of donkey) excursion and camping. I recall the wild donkey herds also.
... 56.7 celsius is over 1-4 degrees fahrenheit USA.
The actual record for the highest temperature ever recorded to date was 56.7 °C at Death Valley, California in 1913.
I vacation in Death Valley in the past. Very interesting and beautiful place. I am also into gold, which makes my interest more clear. But great place to go on a burro (form of donkey) excursion and camping. I recall the wild donkey herds also.
... 56.7 celsius is over 1-4 degrees fahrenheit USA.
Actually, I am reading an old book right now, "The Gold Mines of Death Valley, California".
While Death Valley is largely a tourist place today, even up to the 1950s many explored and lived there in search for the yellow (gold) and made a lot of money. It is possible to live in very hot tempretures, just keep yourself covered and well hydrated.
Saudi has many interesting places to visit, and of course a lot of history. And yes, air conditioning exists in the Kingdom. However Sec of State John Kerry just said air conditioning is a greater threat than ISIS. Boy, someone hand that guy a lime popsicle. I love the lime ones.
Camel's milk is wonderful, by the way. I just ordered more from the UAE, powdered camel's milk. Not cheap, but wonderful.
Camel's are great at racing. Here in the SF Bay Area, we used to have camel racing one week every year in Benicia, California. Very popular, but that stopped a while back when someone died when the camel went down off the side of a knoll.
I will bet Saudi has gold in them there "hills". Or under that desert.
GO! GO! GO! (watch out for the edge)
While Death Valley is largely a tourist place today, even up to the 1950s many explored and lived there in search for the yellow (gold) and made a lot of money. It is possible to live in very hot tempretures, just keep yourself covered and well hydrated.
Saudi has many interesting places to visit, and of course a lot of history. And yes, air conditioning exists in the Kingdom. However Sec of State John Kerry just said air conditioning is a greater threat than ISIS. Boy, someone hand that guy a lime popsicle. I love the lime ones.
Camel's milk is wonderful, by the way. I just ordered more from the UAE, powdered camel's milk. Not cheap, but wonderful.
Camel's are great at racing. Here in the SF Bay Area, we used to have camel racing one week every year in Benicia, California. Very popular, but that stopped a while back when someone died when the camel went down off the side of a knoll.
I will bet Saudi has gold in them there "hills". Or under that desert.
GO! GO! GO! (watch out for the edge)
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
Damn, now you've gone and made me have to go do some research. I even checked their weather reports, which puts their highs at 40 degrees (not too much hotter than it gets here at our hottest, we've had about 32 lately plus humidity).
I suspect the major discrepancy of shade and direct sun in the video is that the thermometer being used had a more accurate air temperature in the shade (with the temperature matching weather report highs), and the direct sunlight picking up the heat being radiated from the street.