When I was driving to San Diego, spent the night in Flagstaff.

It was nice and cool when I walked out...pure paradise! I noticed as I drove down the mountain towards Phoenix, the temp kept rising, and rising, and rising... I think it was about 108, but that wasn't the hottest part of the trip...that came in Yuma (116F). My engine temperature gage started rising towards the red, so I turned off my AC and it came back down. After a couple cycles of that, decided that I would just roll my windows down and let the 65mph air keep me comfortable. That didn't work...it felt like I was standing in a blast furnace. The windows went back on, and I cycled the AC several more times before deciding to just go for it and if the engine blew, so be it. I finally reached the western side and started climbing the mountains out of the furnace and my engine temp returned to normal. Just wow!

How do people live in that kind of heat? :)

In response to this post by Burruss Writer

Posted: 05/14/2021 at 09:23AM

Well, I picked the day for the Santa Cruz ice break, -- AZHokie59 05/13/2021 10:07PM

I remember my first +110 degree day in Phoenix -- Burruss Writer 05/14/2021 08:58AM

When I was driving to San Diego, spent the night in Flagstaff. -- EDGEMAN 05/14/2021 09:23AM

Drive between Flagstaff and Phoenix is very beautiful -- Burruss Writer 05/14/2021 09:47AM

Yep, Phoenix is always hotter. Hard to tell the difference -- AZHokie59 05/14/2021 09:09AM

A lot has to do with elevation -- Burruss Writer 05/14/2021 09:37AM

Re: Well, I picked the day for the Santa Cruz ice break, -- AZHokie59 05/13/2021 10:23PM

Doesn't that make it a dry heat? ** -- `lag 05/14/2021 07:37AM

Extremely dry. Picture an oven. Making beef jerky today. Outside ** -- AZHokie59 05/14/2021 08:55AM

Ggaawwdd ** -- astrohokie 05/13/2021 10:10PM

Iwtaibcmm ** -- AZHokie59 05/13/2021 10:19PM

When I was driving to San Diego, spent the night in Flagstaff.

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