Present temp is 120 degrees in Needles, California.

[lpbk2713]

But it should cool off to 93 tonight.

Link: https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=34.8480597&lon=-114.61413149999998&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Needles%2C%20CA%2C%20USA#.W1kIJYKywjx

[kwassa]

1. Needles is an outpost in hell.

[lpbk2713]

3. True that.

This is downright unbearable by man or beast.

[oberliner]

7. What about Baker?

And that Bun Boy thermometer?

[kwassa]

13. Another outpost.

[LakeArenal]

2. Good luck. Seems impossible. !!!

[B2G]

4. Isn't that normal for late July?

It's the Mohave desert.

[oberliner]

5. 110 is average

120 is pretty rare.

[B2G]

12. Not really.

Temperatures often reach 120 °F (49 °C) in late July and early August. The Needles weather station is frequently reported by the United States government's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as the site of the highest daily temperature recorded in the U.S. during the desert summers. Needles occasionally sets national or world daily temperature records.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Needles,_California

[brush]

23. Yuma and Gila Bend, AZ also get up there regularly.

[oberliner]

25. That is also not true

[brush]

38. You were wrong about Needles also

What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Yuma Arizona?
In 1995, Yuma reached its all-time high of 124 °F (51 °C).

I lived in AZ and Yuma and Gila Bend were always the hottest in the state. When it wasn't the Needles area as hottest for the Southwest desert regions, it was often Yuma or Gila Bend.

They both get up there in temperature as well this time of the year.

[KPN]

41. Yeah, my wife and I and kids lived in Yuma

almost 7 years between 1981 and 88. One Memorial Day weekend — I believe 1983 — it got to 125 degrees. Yuma was often reported as the hottest place for the day when we lived there. Yuma — where every day is Sunday.

[oberliner]

24. No, it's true and Wikipedia is wrong (as it often is)

I know people like to cite Wikipedia entries as if they are definitive sources, but that first sentence (presented with no citation) is not true. Temperatures in Needles do not often reach 120 degrees in late July.

In July of 2010, 1 time
In July of 2011, 0 times
In July of 2012, 1 time.
In July of 2013, 0 times
In July of 2014, 0 times
In July of 2015, 0 times
In July of 2016, 0 times

You can look up the data here:

https://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/united-states/us

[B2G]

36. You are literally quibbling over a degree or 2.

Last year it hit 122. What about prior to 2010?

But whatever.

[Adsos Letter]

37. 122 projected for tomorrow.

Weather.com app

[mitch96]

6. Rode my motorcycle thru Needles a few years back

It was 119º on I-10....... BRU-TAL... to say the least. Stopped at every rest stop to drink so much water I thought I was a camel.. Got a nasty burn where the glove stopped and the jacket started...
Bikers know why dogs stick their heads out of car windows...........
m

[joshcryer]

42. Yikes, were you leathered up?

That had to be a living nightmare. Surprised the motorcycles handled it well. I know how motorcycles are often aircooled (at least mine were) and high temps can have a toll.

[mitch96]

43. "were you leathered up?"

It was ballistic nylon but yes, I was protected.. I dress for the crash. Full face helmet, gloves, ballistic armor jacket and pants... As the letters spell out.. .ALL the GEAR ALL the TIME...
aka... AGAT... Thousands of miles and no major mishap...

m

[vsrazdem]

8. It is 116 in Phoenix today.

[MFM008]

9. 92 degrees

In Puyallup WA.

[wasupaloopa]

10. In 1982 I moved to Los Angles from Ohio.

I drove to LA in 52 hours.

I got to Needles at midnight. While driving I felt heat rising from the bottom of my car.

I pulled over and got out. The heat was coming from the ground. It was so hot that day the ground absorbed the heat and was giving it off after the sun went down.

[C Moon]

29. Damn!

[JI7]

11. it's nice at the beaches

[kwassa]

14. Needles has no beaches.

[JI7]

15. i meant so cal beaches

[C Moon]

30. Yes. As I posted below, it didn't get as hot as they expected near the beaches.

[VOX]

18. It was 103 degrees at Santa Monica Pier a few days ago.

And it doesn't get any beach-ier than that.

[JI7]

20. i found the humidity a week or 2 ago far worse than what we have now

even though the temps are higher i think.

I'm near the south bay beaches .

[VOX]

21. Same up at Oakland a week ago. Humid as a rain forest.

That's hyperbole, of course, but it was clammy as all get-out, and uncomfortable.

[kwassa]

26. I was on the pier last spring.

Many memories. I lived in the area for 17 years.

and I saw many brush fires, and felt many earthquakes.

Swum in the ocean there during Santa Anas, with the wave tops blowing backwards.

[VOX]

31. It's a great spot. I was born and raised in Santa Monica-Ocean Park.

Practically lived at that beach. Fantastic place to grow up!

[kwassa]

34. I was there as a young adult.

I have some many memories of the experiences of the years I spent there that it almost hurt my brain as I walked down the bikepath.

[backtoblue]

16. Dayum, that's fricking HOT

[VOX]

17. Reached 121 degrees in Palm Springs yesterday. It was 104 degrees at midnight.

The pool is unswimmable at 97 degrees (very first-world problem, I know).

[ffr]

19. Same kind of weather here for years. It just doesn't cool off at night like 30 years ago.

According to Intelicast, average expected low temperature minimum is 84°, which puts you at 9° above average. Where I live, it's 7 - 15 degrees above the average overnight low about 75% of the time.

Expect the overnight temps for the next three decades to get hotter and hotter, since it takes about 30 years for CO2 from today to show up in the greenhouse effect of tomorrow's climate.

[Scurrilous]

22. ...

[RhodeIslandOne]

27. All I know about Needles is Sam Kinison died there

Killed by a drunk driver.

[C Moon]

28. Our place didn't get as hot as the forecast was predicting.

It was nice to see. It almost always gets hotter than predicted.

[Wellstone ruled]

32. Reports of 120 and 121 here

in the Vegas Valley. Just checked the Patio Thermometer 116 in the shade. Slight breeze off the Mohave,feels like a blow torch.

[kimbutgar]

33. A friend flew into Phoenix yesterday at 8:30 am and when he got outside he said it felt like hell

And that was 115 degrees.

[Adsos Letter]

35. Weather app is projecting 122 tomorrow.

I was there a few years back when it was 114* and windy. Uncomfortable doesn’t come close to describing it.

[tandem5]

39. Meh. I stayed in Needles about ten years ago -- 125 during the day and 110 at 10pm!

[cureautismnow]

40. It might be a good time for Spike...

... to visit his brother, Snoopy.

[Brother Buzz]

45. Snoopy is experiencing significant heat it the daytime....

but it's dropping to a cool 54 °F at night. I understand Snoopy will be taking his 'ringer' brother down to Petaluma for some wrist wrestling.

[rsdsharp]

44. In August 1962

I spent 16 hours in Needles following a train derailment ahead of us. It reached 116 degrees.

It was a night train from LA to the Grand Canyon, so there was no dining car. We were told that we could leave at any moment, so we should leave the train in search of food. The supply of ice was limited, so only half the cars were air conditioned. The other half (including my car) had cold water.

I was 8 that summer. The memory remains 56 years later. Whoever said Needles was at the gates of Hell was wrong. It's Hell itself.