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Indoor temperatures don't count. I'm talking about the weather.

Coldest for me was probably 14°C (I live in a tropical country) and the hottest was 48°C when i was traveling in June this year.

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[–] godless@latte.isnot.coffee 16 points 1 year ago

Coldest was -44°C when I was working as a northern lights guide in Norway. We'd always take our tour groups to areas with a high likelihood of polar activity, and once the whole coast was widely overcast so that we had to drive almost to the Finnish border. Camped out along the road towards Kilpisjärvi coming from Skibotn (company was based in Tromso).

Hottest was +45°C in Lagos, Nigeria. Used to work there as well for a good while.

[–] Komosatuo@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've been outside working in -34° C, and likewise 54.4° C. That's -30° F and 130° F for those of us who use imperial.

The negative temp was Alaska, and the high positive was the Arabian Gulf. Good times.

[–] Pegatron@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I'm close to you. 118F in Colorado, -30 in Chicago during the polar vortex. I had icicles in my beard within minutes, it was gnarly.

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[–] JoeClu@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

47.5° (117.5 F) in Phoenix AZ USA summer.

-11.6° (11 F) in Flagstaff AZ USA winter.

Hottest would be 41°C, in 2003 and last year (France)

Coldest, -35°C, Québec Carnaval in 2016. I stayed about two hours in that temperature, I started to have cold burn in my fingers and my toes.

Would take -35 over 41 all day.

[–] Laticauda@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Coldest was about -45°C, hottest was about +45°C. We've got quite the range where I live, though usually it's closer to -30 and +30, those were just extreme cases lol.

[–] dystop@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Coldest was about -45°C

jesus where was this, the arctic?

[–] Laticauda@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
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[–] squi@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I know you said indoor temperatures don’t count, but my low is kinda fun: -110c for three minutes (cryotherapy). Outdoor was 48c (local thermometer said higher) in northern Western Australia.

[–] linux2647@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know nothing about cryotherapy: were you awake for that?? What was the experience like?

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

-47C skiing in Banff, +42C hiking on Vancouver Island.

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[–] GrandFunkMonorail@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Hottest was 115 F (46C) in Phoenix, Arizona. Coolest was -55 F (-48C) in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. I think the wind chill was around -85 F.

[–] mrcranky@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

-45°C in central Alberta in the 90’s, +45° C in California in the 80’s.

[–] SilentStorms@lemmy.fmhy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mine's about the same range, but both in Alberta

[–] yads@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't think there's anywhere in Alberta that gets above 40

[–] SilentStorms@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Not regularly, but if I remember correctly it was a record-breaking 43 about 10 or so years ago

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[–] dystop@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

hey you're the guy who didn't shit for 3 days! how was the sex party?

[–] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

-43c / +46c

Probably going to be more hotter seasons and never going to experience the -40s again with the way climate change is going…

[–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

-40C and +40C. Both in the same place and in the same year. Fuckin save me.

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[–] pancakes@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Coldest would be -60C, warmest about 40C. Funnily enough, these were in the same place (Canada).

[–] Schmu@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Hottest 43°C. Coldest somewhere around -20°C.

[–] impulse@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Coldest was probably -20 °C, hottest around 40 °C.

My comfort temperature is right around 15 °C. Anything higher than 20 °C and I start sweating.

My girlfriend wants to go to Egypt for vacation this year. That's going to be fun...

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[–] W1Z_4RD@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

118F -42F. Both extremes experienced in northern Nevada.

[–] zerbey@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Hottest? Somewhere around 50C. Coldest? -25C.

[–] kia@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hottest: 37°C

Coldest: -25°C (-40°C with windchill)

Both in Toronto

[–] spitz@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Coldest: -30°C.

Hottest: 52°C.

[–] galloog1@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hottest was just under 54° (128.6°F) in Kuwait. I went for a run just to say I was the only person to go for a run in the hottest day in human history so far.

I think it got down to -29 (-20) in Albany NY one year but I'm looking for colder experiences soon.

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[–] Diglett983 3 points 1 year ago

Coldest: -20º Vilnius Hottest: 47º Sevilla

[–] Gatsby@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I slept in a tent in 2°F(-16.6°C) weather, I've probably been in slightly colder but not while sleeping.

Hottest was 117°F(47.2°C, last year in my home town it was +110°F for over two weeks straight.

Loved for a little in Lapland, Finland. What’s that. Like -20c in winter?

Hottest would be where I line now, Australia. Mid 40’s C is common where I am.

[–] blujan@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

I think coldest was -18°C during the coldest winter we've had, curiously it didn't even feel that cold when walking outside but that might be because there was no wind and you started feeling the coldness inside you instead of outside.

Hottest is I believe around 40°C but that one's not as crazy so I'm not really sure of the actual figure, probably higher or lower by a small amount of degrees.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Bout -40C (that's thermometer, not "feels like") and +40C. We have temperature swings.

[–] megane_kun@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Coldest is probably around 20°C (but it feels a lot colder due to fog and wind).

Hottest is roughly 35°C (feels a lot hotter due to humidity and lack of wind).

I haven't traveled far though, and never outside the country.

[–] Bagel@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I’ve slept outside in a very basic shelter I made with branches and snow at -44°C. I’ve biked long distances over many days during a heat wave when the temperature was 38°C average and highs of 40°C.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Coldest: -10F - Camping trip to the lava beds in Oregon when I was a Boy Scout.

Hottest: 112F - Just going out to get the mail. Yesterday.

[–] RomanRoy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Hottest was easily over 50°C. I live in a hot and humid place, so it is even hotter than your typical 50°C. And it's hell. Really good if you're on the beach (assuming you manage to avoid insolation), but being home and having to work is the absolute worst I don't wish to anyone.

Coldest was maybe 15-18°C? I was travelling to a not so cold neighboring state and it was quite good, actually. I prefer the weather like this.

[–] cheeseblintzes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hottest was somewhere between 115F and 120F (46.2C and 48.9C)

Coldest was -30F with a windchill of -55F (-34.4C with windchill of -48.3C)

[–] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Albertan who works as a line cook?

[–] cheeseblintzes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Wisconsinite who has lived in Vegas, but close!

[–] jcb2016@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Hottest was in Iraq at like 120 F

[–] Today@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Hottest is about 115F (45C) and coldest is -2 or 3F (-20C). Both were in Dallas, Texas.

[–] matty_ice@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Hottest was about 56C when I ran the Badwater race through Death Valley. Coldest was about -27 when I was in Idaho…tried to jog that day too but couldn’t take the burn in my lungs.

[–] upt@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Hottest, in the early '90s I worked for a technical trade school as a lab instructor in Phoenix, AZ. My commute was by motorcycle from Tempe, AZ. In the heat of one summer it got to near 120F outside one day, and wearing motorcycle gear plus the heat from the motor made me feel like I was going to pass out from extreme heat exhaustion (but luckily, I didn't).

[–] c0mplexx@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Hottest:42C
Coldest:0C with rain

Im hoping to experience snow for the first time in my life this winter tho

[–] Wander@yiffit.net 3 points 1 year ago

I suppose you've never seen snow then? Definitely try if you get some chance. I wish it snowed more often where I live.

I have no idea what the coolest temp has been for me, but probably around -10C?

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

50C and -40C. Within 1 week of each other on different continents.

[–] Godort@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

-43°C was the coldest. We typically get around a week of -30ish here every winter and it didn't feel much different

41°C was the hottest. I was at Disneyland and walking anywhere outside was torture.

[–] fratermus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

113F in Dallas Tx, in 1980.
-15F in [the former west] Germany, Jan 1985

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