An interesting conversation began while I was sitting with my mouth wide open in the dentist's chair. My dentist wondered out loud; "Where is the hottest place on Earth?" I wanted to answer, but both she and her assistant's hands were in my mouth at the time. I grunted. I was thinking about the core. She then said; "I guess that would be at the molten core at the center of the earth." I grunted in agreement.
But then I thought, that was not on the earth. That is in the earth. She and the assistant continued to work. I tried to keep my tongue out of the way. But was dying to add my two sense.
So I am thinking about the hottest temperature. I knew I had heard that it has gotten to be 120 degrees in some places. So I write 120 with my hands. She said "One hundred. I couldn't make out the rest?" I write a big 20 in the air. She gets it. I'm thinking. It must get hotter. I think I once read that it was hotter somewhere.
The dentist continues musing. "It must get hottest in the desert. But maybe it is in the tropics around the equator." I'm thinking it probably feels hotter in the in the tropics. The dental assistant gives her opinion. She suggests Death Valley. "Yes, it must be the desert. Probably the Sahara." the dentist says. She talks about people baking in the desert and tells me about a program she once saw where a woman was a survivor of an air crash in the desert near Death Valley. Though out the strange conversation, I continue to add my ideas. Unfortunately they continue to be indecipherable.
I am finally able to speak for a moment. I say "People in the desert wear clothing that completely covers their bodies. Maybe the dry heat doesn't feel as hot as places where the humidity is great." She agrees. We talk a little about humidity. But then the three of us kept discussing where it could be the hottest.
I say. "I wish I had my computer. We could find out the temperature at the hottest place on earth in an instant." She says "Yes."
By now my tooth is now repaired. I am at a point in my life when even old fillings are even going. We say our good byes and I leave the office. But I am now obsessed with a desire to know the hottest temperature & place on Earth. I have a few errands to run. Before I leave the parking lot though, I call Pete and ask him if he knows the answer. He was at Physical Therapy. He suggested Death Valley. Wasn't sure about the temperature.
I run my errands and forget about it until a little bit ago. The clock said it was 10:37 PM. I get up from bed and come into my office. I check Google. First hit, I find it. Very cool!
I love it that someone else starts thinking about some little obscure things the same way I do. I can't wait to call my dentist tomorrow and tell her the answer.
By now if you have read this far, you have probably Googled it for yourself, but in case you haven't, the hottest place on Earth is El Aziza, Libya. The hottest recorded tempurature is 136 degrees fahrenheit. Death Valley comes in second with 134.
I started this yesterday, but now it's tomorrow. Even though the post time says it is yesterday. Why does it do that? There is the Moon again. I can see his face. Just like the illustrations out of a nursery rhyme. Oh Oh, there I go again. Better stop.
I have heard metrologist have mentioned that the highest temperature ever measured in the world were measured at Ehel in iran at august 1933.
The temperatur was 172,3 fahrenheit or 77,9 centigrades.
The coldes was -216,4 fahrenheit or - 138,0 centigrades in august 2001 & august 1969.
The offisial us records are
max temperature: 153,9 fahrenheit Arivaca in arizona in july 1934.
The lowest was - 158,3 fahrenheit or -105,7 centigrades in Uminat , Alaska in february 1982
another record is -121,3 fahrenheit or -85,3 centigrades in Colorado at the village of Hamilton ner the ice peak, in december 1978 6 january 1985.
Posted by: Harald at July 16, 2006 8:39 PM