# 6:15 PM still 121 degrees at Badwater **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 5, 2016, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-15-pm-still-121-degrees-at-badwater/756535 "2016-06-05T01:14:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-15-pm-still-121-degrees-at-badwater/756535/1 "2016-06-05T01:14:59Z")
The area named Badwater is located in Death Valley. It is 266 feet below sea level. They are having a rather warm evening today. > **[Badwater, CA Weather Forecast | AccuWeather](https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/badwater/92384/weather-forecast/2154856)** > > Badwater, CA Weather Forecast, with current conditions, wind, air quality, and what to expect for the next 3 days. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-15-pm-still-121-degrees-at-badwater/756535/2 "2016-06-05T01:18:19Z")
Well, when there’s a place called Badwater in a place called Death Valley, idyllic days of 75 degree weather don’t readily spring to mind. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-15-pm-still-121-degrees-at-badwater/756535/3 "2016-06-05T01:19:18Z")
But it’s a dry heat… ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-15-pm-still-121-degrees-at-badwater/756535/4 "2016-06-05T01:36:14Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > But it’s a dry heat… That’s like saying “I had the heaves, but they were the dry heaves.” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-15-pm-still-121-degrees-at-badwater/756535/5 "2016-06-05T01:41:50Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > That’s like saying “I had the heaves, but they were the dry heaves.” It’s not dry heaves, it’s a post-race ab workout. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-15-pm-still-121-degrees-at-badwater/756535/6 "2016-06-05T01:59:52Z")
Considering that the record high in Death Valley is 134°F, the hottest temperature ever recorded anywhere on planet Earth, 121° is downright frigid. I live in a decently hot climate (97° over the last three days) but I did get a good laugh the last time I visited Phoenix, Arizona, where the weatherman described 105° as “a break from the heat.” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-15-pm-still-121-degrees-at-badwater/756535/7 "2016-06-05T02:09:41Z")
Well, it _is_ a break from the heat. I live in Tucson, where it’s currently 102° F at 7:08 PM. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-15-pm-still-121-degrees-at-badwater/756535/8 "2016-06-05T02:13:08Z")
Well…it may be 121°, but it only _feels like_ 113°. That makes a big difference. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-15-pm-still-121-degrees-at-badwater/756535/9 "2016-06-05T02:39:39Z")
Where I live, the weather bureau says it “feels like” 105-110 every day in summer, sometimes higher. I walk 2 km to the supermarket to do my grocery shopping anyway. No big deal. On such days, I prefer to go at about 2 pm, when the humidity is less than 100% (which it always is at dawn), there might be a cloud or two, and even enough sea breeze to rustle the leaves. I sit in the shade, eat a pint of ice cream for lunch, and walk home. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-15-pm-still-121-degrees-at-badwater/756535/10 "2016-06-05T02:51:28Z")
I’m near there - I’m driving from Arizona to the Sierras, and I had planned to camp out in Death Valley tonight, but decided to bail to a hotel in Pahrump. The car thermometer said 113 near Vegas. I’m driving through Badwater tomorrow. 120 will be interesting if it gets there again. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-15-pm-still-121-degrees-at-badwater/756535/11 "2016-06-05T03:01:04Z")
Last time I was in Death Valley it was only 108. It wasn’t really a problem since I had a room right across from the pool at Furnace Creek Ranch. I love that pool, especially at sunset–you can float in the 82 degree water and watch the mountains change color and the stars come out. It’s magical. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-15-pm-still-121-degrees-at-badwater/756535/12 "2016-06-05T03:07:36Z")
Well, I wish I could say that I feel like a bit of a baby for bitching about 104 yesterday, but I don’t. On the other hand, I don’t really mind it when the temps are below zero. I think the folks around here are rather funny when they’re putting on their down jackets when it’s 65 out. To each their own, as they say. **blondebear** You have piqued my interest about Death Valley. I may have to visit. ---
**Author:** ![KCB615](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@KCB615](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KCB615)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-15-pm-still-121-degrees-at-badwater/756535/13 "2016-06-05T03:13:21Z")
It was 85 in my backyard today, and I thought I was melting. You can keep your 100+. Give me two feet of snow anytime. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-15-pm-still-121-degrees-at-badwater/756535/14 "2016-06-05T03:27:06Z")
It was around 114°F here today. Dry enough that it didn’t feel that bad. Still, it’s hot. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-15-pm-still-121-degrees-at-badwater/756535/15 "2016-06-05T13:02:39Z")
I’ve experienced 120+ degree heat, while hiking through Horseshoe Canyon in Utah. It was hell. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-15-pm-still-121-degrees-at-badwater/756535/16 "2016-06-05T14:26:19Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > It was around 114°F here today. > Dry enough that it didn’t feel that bad. > Still, it’s hot. Yeah, my in-laws live in the Phoenix area, and we usuall make a trip there the week of Thanksgiving, so the weather is fine, but one year we went in July. The whole week we were there the highs were anywhere from 105F to the lower and mid-teens. I’ve always joked that this “dry heat” stuff is just a pile of bullshit–it’s still freaking 115 degrees out!-- but, you know what? I found it far more tolerable than muggy summer Chicago days in the 90s. At least I wasn’t drenched in sweat. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-15-pm-still-121-degrees-at-badwater/756535/17 "2016-06-05T14:30:09Z")
121 F = just under 50 C for the benefit of the entire rest of the world. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-15-pm-still-121-degrees-at-badwater/756535/18 "2016-06-05T14:47:48Z")
How about 164 degrees, in a large city . . . > **[The Temperature in This Iranian City Just Hit 164 Degrees](https://time.com/3981478/iran-heatwave-bandar-mahsahr/)** > > Eat your heart out, Death Valley ---
**Author:** ![Me\_Billy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-15-pm-still-121-degrees-at-badwater/756535/19 "2016-06-05T14:51:14Z")
Try working on a roof in the middle of the day in heat like that! I did that once and thought I was going to faint. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-15-pm-still-121-degrees-at-badwater/756535/20 "2016-06-05T15:04:08Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > How about 164 degrees, in a large city . . . > > [Iran Heat Wave Creates Temperatures Up to 164 Degrees Fahrenheit | TIME](http://time.com/3981478/iran-heatwave-bandar-mahsahr/) That was the heat index, not the temperature. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-15-pm-still-121-degrees-at-badwater/756535.md?page=2)