# Who are the hottest and wettest Dopers? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 19, 2002, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-hottest-and-wettest-dopers/109818 "2002-05-19T14:50:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-hottest-and-wettest-dopers/109818/1 "2002-05-19T14:50:07Z")
It’s a cool spring day here in MD and as I begin to prepare to consider the possibility of conceptualizing the prospect of rousing myself to do some yard work I want to hear about the hottest and wettest and coldest and driest environments dopers live in. So what’s the weather like where you are? Does your weather have any extremes that would allow it some claim to fame or is it just wussy temperate weather? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-hottest-and-wettest-dopers/109818/2 "2002-05-19T14:56:49Z")
Yeah. SO FAR it’s a cool spring day in Havre de Grace, MD. A couple of days ago I wanted to melt from the heat. For cool and dry, I think I had you all beat until a year ago yesterday, when I still lived in Canada’s Northwest Territories. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-hottest-and-wettest-dopers/109818/3 "2002-05-19T15:01:20Z")
I got the wussy weather. When it’s 90F it is freakin’ hot! When it’s 65F, holy crap is it cold! Thankfully I don’t have a lawn. All I have is a half dead aloe plant on the patio and some silk plants my grandma bought. Easy living. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-hottest-and-wettest-dopers/109818/4 "2002-05-19T15:03:38Z")
bright sunshine and forty god bless-ed degrees here in chicago. May 19th. MAY NINETEENTH. MAY NINETEENTH sheesh ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-hottest-and-wettest-dopers/109818/5 "2002-05-19T15:04:23Z")
Here in Northeast Mississippi, it is a beautiful cool sunshiny day. Our average rainfall is something like 55 inches, mild winters but hellish summers that are hot and humid. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-hottest-and-wettest-dopers/109818/6 "2002-05-19T15:07:19Z")
Yesterday it was a fine 24 degrees Celsius here in Perth, Western Australia. (Theoretically it’s meant to be late autumn, but there’s no real winter down here) The first of this month was the hottest Perth May Day _ever_, at 34.3 degrees. These are our average maximum temperatures: ```auto JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANN 31.5 31.8 29.5 25.4 21.5 18.8 17.7 18.3 20.1 22.4 25.5 28.8 24.3 ``` The hottest it’s ever been here is a toasty 46.2 degrees, back in 1991. That’s 115 degrees, using your silly 'Merkin scale. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-hottest-and-wettest-dopers/109818/7 "2002-05-19T15:10:26Z")
Doh. Didn’t think my coding would stretch the page like that. ('Twould be cool if a wandering mod wanted to lop off the “ANN”) Apologies to anyone using a resolution less than 1152 x 864. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-hottest-and-wettest-dopers/109818/8 "2002-05-19T15:19:55Z")
Here in Austin, the weather’s been absolutely **WONDERFUL** the past week. Temperatures in the low to mid 80’s, clear skies, light breeze, not a drop of rain or blistering heat. Absolutely amazing. Of course, Houston got hit by a bit of a flood a few days ago, and that front swept down to San Antonio, but it missed us completely, and it looks like great weather for at least a few more days. Today’s temperature? About 74. Gotta love it. ---
**Author:** ![ClairificC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@ClairificC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ClairificC)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-hottest-and-wettest-dopers/109818/9 "2002-05-19T17:55:46Z")
It’s a lovely rainy spring day here in California. But it’s a good touch to wrapping up a perfect week. (80-85 sunny days) The rain today is nice, it’s cozy. And it means that our green rolling hills will wait a little longer untill they turn golden. (Golden Rolling Hills of California…) ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-hottest-and-wettest-dopers/109818/10 "2002-05-19T18:48:37Z")
When I lived in Oz, I lived in the driest state, in the driest country, in the driest continent in the world. Now I live in a place known for its dry rain. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-hottest-and-wettest-dopers/109818/11 "2002-05-19T19:14:47Z")
It snowed here yesterday. Not that I’m complaining. I like snow. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-hottest-and-wettest-dopers/109818/12 "2002-05-19T19:46:48Z")
Here in Panama the max temp during the day is about 90 F, cooling to a very pleasant 70 at night. It’s about the same year round. Annual rainfall right here is about 60 inches, but there’s very little rain January to April and a hell of a lot in October and November. (Forecast in the dry season: high 90, low 70, sunny with a chance of rain. Forecast during the rainy season: high 90, low 70, rainy with a chance of sun.) ---
**Author:** ![Testy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@Testy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Testy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-hottest-and-wettest-dopers/109818/13 "2002-05-19T20:02:18Z")
I’m living in Saudi, Riyadh to be exact. In August it regularly gets over 50 degrees C. There is a law that stops all outdoor work when it gets over 46C so officially, it never gets that hot. Right now it’s nice though, around 25 C and very dry. Testy ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-hottest-and-wettest-dopers/109818/14 "2002-05-19T20:11:52Z")
Here in Ohio its been in the 40s to the low 50s and rainy all week. ---
**Author:** ![dragongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-hottest-and-wettest-dopers/109818/15 "2002-05-19T21:46:42Z")
I’m in Northeast PA. It rained all last week, a camping trip got washed out and last night the tempature reached a whopping 32 degrees. I just love the mountains. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-hottest-and-wettest-dopers/109818/16 "2002-05-20T06:04:05Z")
I got drenched working on the sprinklers this weekend. Does that make me the wettest doper? 😉 I’m about three miles from the beach in Southern California, so I get wonderfully groovy consistent weather – not too hot, not too humid, and there’s always a breeze to make things even comfier. I have to buy a kite someday and fly it… ---
**Author:** ![Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linus_Van_Pelt)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-hottest-and-wettest-dopers/109818/17 "2002-05-20T06:44:21Z")
About 10 years ago, we got our record high in Phoenix - 122 F (50 C). Our claim to fame regarding this is that the heat shut down the airport - because the manuals telling the pilots where to set their controls only went up to 120, they had to wait until it cooled off before they could take off. This was the only time, before or since, that I’ve ever seen an airport “heated” in. ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-hottest-and-wettest-dopers/109818/18 "2002-05-20T06:51:52Z")
Reminds me of a travel documentary I saw last night which stated that in New Orleans you couldn’t bury people underground because the water tables rose so high in the wet months that the bodies started floating around. The doco followed up with the info that the dead were buried above ground and the sun was so hot that they became cremated in their tombs. After a year and 1 day if a new family member passed away a door could be opened to the tomb and the deceased ashes pushed aside and a new coffin inserted. Dunno if it was true but it sure got my attention. FYI - locals in Melbourne, Australia seem to be very proud of the fact that the city has schizophrenic weather. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-hottest-and-wettest-dopers/109818/19 "2002-05-20T07:05:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bibliophage \* > \*\*It snowed here yesterday. Not that I’m complaining. I like snow. \*\* You are a sick puppy. It killed all my tomato plants. Plus, it’s just wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-hottest-and-wettest-dopers/109818/20 "2002-05-20T07:27:20Z")
Yep… Its official I’m a major perv! This thread is not at all what I thought it was gonna be… Its been rather cool here in Dallas Tx. by the way. around the 60’s or so… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-hottest-and-wettest-dopers/109818.md?page=2)