# Highest/lowest Temperatures You've Lived In **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 4, 2004, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-lowest-temperatures-youve-lived-in/222561 "2004-01-04T01:34:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-lowest-temperatures-youve-lived-in/222561/41 "2004-01-05T07:21:54Z")
118 - A few years ago -17 - Outside RIGHT NOW!!! 135…worth effort. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-lowest-temperatures-youve-lived-in/222561/42 "2004-01-05T18:11:08Z")
I’ve lived near Boise, Idaho for all my life. On December 22, 1990 it got down to -25° F. I worked at Burger King at the time and I was working the drive-thru window that evening. When I left my hands were completely numb. To make matters worse the heater quit in my car. Fortunately I had a heavy jacket to keep warm until I got home. I’m sure at some point that previous summer we had a few days above 100 degrees, so I’ll just stick to that and score myself 125 for that year. ---
**Author:** ![tisiphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tisiphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tisiphone)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-lowest-temperatures-youve-lived-in/222561/43 "2004-01-06T00:19:46Z")
-72F, without windchill, in January 1977 (or was it '78? I’m getting old…) to a sweltering high of +90F in July. For a grand score of 162. For the terminally nit-picky, yes, Mayo, YT holds the Canadian record for the greatest range in absolute temperature - a spread of almost 100 degrees Celsius. And it’s sogging -32C/-25.6F out there now. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-lowest-temperatures-youve-lived-in/222561/44 "2004-01-06T02:22:00Z")
tisiphone! I thought you were gone. Glad to see you’re back, even if you beat my remembered temps. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-lowest-temperatures-youve-lived-in/222561.md?page=2)