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I've experienced 50 degrees Celsius in the Sahara. Hard to imagine hotter.
by barcoder 5y ago
I've experienced 50 degrees Celsius in the Sahara. Hard to imagine hotter.
- quickthrowman 5y agoI’ve experienced 100C in a sauna :) It’s a lot different though, since you can exit the sauna into air that is substantially colder, you can’t escape the desert heat.
- Retric 5y agoOnly in the way I “experienced” 300+C by jumping through a bonfire. You never reach a true equilibrium in a Sauna that hot, but you can reach an equilibrium in 50C when the humidity is low enough.
- quickthrowman 5y agoGood point, 5 minutes at 100C is nothing like spending all day at 50C.
- lostlogin 5y agoWe used to get stuff out an oven which cars were baked in after being painted. Lots of close on an run. In hindsight, very stupid.
- flycaliguy 5y agoReminds me of a great little story I just read about working in a brick yard in the 50s. https://brickcollecting.com/merwin.htm https://brickcollecting.com/merwin.htm Yeah, I found some cool bricks and wondered if brick collecting was a thing.
- lostlogin 5y agoIt is - a demolition yard near me had a particular pole that weren’t for sale. The yard owner kept the best for himself. Ones made by prisoners. One with a nice glaze etc.
- csomar 5y agoApples and Oranges. Saunas have much lower humidity, and also you are exposed for much shorter duration of time. 100C is the boiling point of water; so if you stay for an extended period, you'll probably die. Some people who live in 50C temperatures do not have access to AC or a reliable water source.
- invincing 5y agoSaunas (at least the way we enjoy them here in Finland) can be pretty humid, because we throw water on the stones of the stove. But throwing too much water can make it intolerable, and lethal if you don't follow your instinct to leave if it gets too hot. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-10904691 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-10904691 Normally in a sauna it's not constantly so humid that sweating wouldn't be able to keep your body temperature normal (as long as you stay hydrated). Throwing water on the stove raises the humidity just momentarily and makes you sweat at full capacity, but normally you would wait for some minutes before throwing more water. If air is humid enough, sweating can't cool the body anymore because sweat won't evaporate, so already 35C is lethal in 100% humidity. https://phys.org/news/2020-05-potentially-fatal-combinations-humidity-emerging.html https://phys.org/news/2020-05-potentially-fatal-combinations...
- gvd 5y agoAlso the feeling of radiation. I remember experiencing 123F in death valley and the feeling of my skin just feeling weird
- devoutsalsa 5y agoAre you a boiled chicken? Do saunas actually get that hot? googles I guess they can. Seems bonkers though.
- bin_bash 5y agoeven higher, I've been in Wi Spa in LA that gets up to 231f/110c
- throwawayboise 5y agoSauna at my gym ranges around 200 F +/- about 10 degrees, according to the thermometer on the wall, so getting close to 100 C. I sit in it about 20 minutes after a workout. Yes I am sweating buckets by the end. It feels good though.
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- skrause 5y agoDry air is a bad thermal conductor, so the body can easily deal with the hot air for a while. It quickly gets uncomfortable when they pour water on hot stones in the sauna. Humidity really makes all the difference.
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- lmilcin 5y agoAnd just how much sunlight was in your sauna?
- monster_group 5y ago100℃? You were in boiling water temperature? How's that possible? Or did you mean to say 100°F?
- smusamashah 5y agoI have experienced 50 in Multan, Pakistan many summers multiple times. It's a city though, not a desert. There are many other cities where temperatures go this high each summer.
- slumdev 5y agoI've experienced 50 degrees Celsius in Las Vegas. But then I stepped back into the air conditioning.
- gonzo 5y agoVegas has never been 50C. The record high for the city is 117 degrees Fahrenheit (47.22C) at McCarran International Airport, most recent previous to today was in June 2017, according to the National Weather Service. The city has recorded that high temperature five times, including today.