Outdoor Temperature

[bigbadbrucie]

I’m just curious, actually hoping that most of you just may make our temperature feel a bit cooler. What is your outside ambient air temperature right now, and do you go riding in that temperature. Right now, at 3:10 pm PST, the temperature is 42*C (107.6*F), and I’m NOT out riding....I’m existing indoors is an air conditioned home.

What’s yours?

[RayBJ]

Never gets that high in New Jersey. High 90s sometimes but mostly humid so feels hotter.
Rode across the Fly-overs 2 weeks ago with 102 temps all day. Bearable wearing Goretex jacket (not mesh) and staying moving. Found mesh just lets in more 102 air.

[Bfromla]

Currently 90* at 58%humid47280C9F-78B3-4B2E-9480-9371D15E7A83.jpeg just another Louisiana day few others out riding too thankfully have not got stuck waiting at any RxR with no available shade lately (knock on wood) but the seat is cooking if forget to cover, just about any quick stop. Course grass just sucking it up growing faster

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

I haven't been in a Temp higher than 102F ..... not comfortable but if you can keep moving it's tolerable ..... 2014 RT .... Mike

[ARtraveler]

We currently have a streak of 90's (feels 10 degrees higher). We ride. Down to t-shirts but wear the boots, gloves, jeans, and helmets.

When we get back home, the air conditioner feels good.

[bigbadbrucie]

We currently have a streak of 90's (feels 10 degrees higher). We ride. Down to t-shirts but wear the boots, gloves, jeans, and helmets.

When we get back home, the air conditioner feels good.

I agree....at 90* I’ll Bxxxx and bellyache, but will ride. At 100* plus my RT stays buttoned up in the garage!

[canamjhb]

108 today with 9% humidity. Tomorrow will be 114 with 7%. Too hot to ride the big trike. I do ride my little trike (peddle tricycle) to the pool and back. There are two different routes to the pool from my house. One is 3/4 mile and the other is 1 & 1/4 mile. Today I took the "long" route. Tomorrow will probably the short way.... Jim

[bigbadbrucie]

Thanks, I was hoping to hear from Arizona. Humidity here is 22%. Weather forecast for tomorrow is up a couple of degrees, but on Monday they say we’ll be up tp 46*C or 115*F.

This is on the West Coast of Canada, just east of Vancouver approx 50 miles. We’re supposed to have more moderate temperatures.

[Gwolf]

80 ℉ right now. Almost 8:00 PM and getting dark. I will ride in anything over 40 degrees℉.
Lived in hot climates almost all my life and worked outdoors all my life. Used to it.

[Excoastie]

Currently 90* at 58%humid47280C9F-78B3-4B2E-9480-9371D15E7A83.jpeg just another Louisiana day few others out riding too thankfully have not got stuck waiting at any RxR with no available shade lately (knock on wood) but the seat is cooking if forget to cover, just about any quick stop. Course grass just sucking it up growing faster

Sounds like a great day to ride! Too bad I was working!

I got caught on Airline Dr. the other day at I-20. I thought I would melt before I was able to get moving again!
Stay safe out there!

--Exco

[Peter Aawen]

Go on, rub it in why don'cha!

It's currently 6°C here in the Hills, misty, AND it's raining! . Visibility is about 100m at best, and the rain is heavy enough that when travelling at a safe speed (ie, fairly slow! ) it's actually falling on me instead of being deflected around me by the windscreen! Sooo, it was only a short ryde this morning, and while it might not've been freezing, it was cold & wet with a savage wind-chill and I'm not happy Jan!

Ahh well, maybe later today it'll fine up so I can enjoy a nicer ryde... Besides, the Kids & Grandkids (including all the furry grandkids ) are coming around late this arvo, so the day is only gonna get better!

[bigbadbrucie]

Go on, rub it in why don'cha!

It's currently 6°C here in the Hills, misty, AND it's raining! . Visibility is about 100m at best, and the rain is heavy enough that when travelling at a safe speed (ie, fairly slow! ) it's actually falling on me instead of being deflected around me by the windscreen! Sooo, it was only a short ryde this morning, and while it might not've been freezing, it was cold & wet with a savage wind-chill and I'm not happy Jan!

Ahh well, maybe later today it'll fine up so I can enjoy a nicer ryde... Besides, the Kids & Grandkids (including all the furry grandkids ) are coming around late this arvo, so the day is only gonna get better!

Oops.....sorry Peter, I almost envy you.....almost! No, I guess I lie, but I have never experienced this high a a temperature. For me 30*C is almost to much. I honestly don’t recall it ever being as high as 40*.

[Peter Aawen]

Oops.....sorry Peter, I almost envy you.....almost! No, I guess I lie, but I have never experienced this high a a temperature. For me 30*C is almost to much. I honestly don’t recall it ever being as high as 40*.

Yeah, that's juuust a 'normal summer' here, altho we do tend to consider anything over about 35°C as 'warm', while anything above about 42°C is 'getting hot', and once it tops 45° C, it IS truly hot!!

There again, I used to work in places where the temp would hit 50°C by about 10:00, and the only reason we couldn't tell how much higher the temp got was cos that was as high as our recording devices went & normal thermometers would just blow their tops!! Once a day got that hot, it generally wouldn't drop below that sorta temp again until the sun started going down; and we'd often see temps still up over 40°C at midnight after a day like that!! It was too hot to sweat - well, not really, cos we did sweat, just didn't feel it! Inside where even with the A/c going flat out, the heat wasn't quite so bad, we'd be sweating rivers, then the second we stepped outside ALL of that moisture would instantly evaporate, shirt suddenly crispy dry too; and it'd happen so quickly that there was no discernable cooling effect at all; even talking was difficult cos opening your mouth meant that'd dry out pretty much instantly & you'd just make croaking noises; breathing wasn't at all comfortable either; and unless you continually replaced the moisture loss you'd be really sick in minutes or sooner! The things we do/put up with when we're young & bullet proof! And I won't go into why I went back to that sorta country after I retired!

So anyhow, I really do understand and commiserate, but I still think you lot are right nasty bugga's for complaining about temps like that while I'm sitting here looking out the window, watching the fog & gluggy rain trying almost successfully to turn into shards of ice falling outta the sky as my fingers thaw, my ryding gear gently steams as it dries off, and the sun fails to make any impression beyond producing a vaguely glowing spot in the sky!

Bloody winter!

[PGDoug]

At the moment it's 33C in PG supposed to hit 42 on Monday . We or at least me are not aclimatized to this .Will I ride Heck yea .

[canamjhb]

I know the Washington, Oregon, BC areas are now in the grips of an unprecedented heat wave. Air conditioning is not as common there as it is here in the desert. There is another thread on this board dealing with heat related issues that starts out about the OPs wife getting hot half way through rides. I encourage those now dealing with unusually hot weather to read that thread. It has a lot of good information and advice. I am originally from the state of Washington. I would much rather be here in the desert at 115 degrees than in the N.W. at 105. The difference in humidity and air conditioning availability is dramatic. Stay safe..... Jim

[bigbadbrucie]

I know the Washington, Oregon, BC areas are now in the grips of an unprecedented heat wave. Air conditioning is not as common there as it is here in the desert. There is another thread on this board dealing with heat related issues that starts out about the OPs wife getting hot half way through rides. I encourage those now dealing with unusually hot weather to read that thread. It has a lot of good information and advice. I am originally from the state of Washington. I would much rather be here in the desert at 115 degrees than in the N.W. at 105. The difference in humidity and air conditioning availability is dramatic. Stay safe..... Jim

I hear you, Jim....and yeah, the RH does make a difference. Thankfully we have a heat pump so we do have air. I have been following that other thread also.

[UtahPete]

I’m just curious, actually hoping that most of you just may make our temperature feel a bit cooler. What is your outside ambient air temperature right now, and do you go riding in that temperature. Right now, at 3:10 pm PST, the temperature is 42*C (107.6*F), and I’m NOT out riding....I’m existing indoors is an air conditioned home. What’s yours?

It was about 75 deg F.

[Fat Baxter]

If you're willing to ride without an armored jacket: I found this shirt at my local Academy Sports store. Made by Columbia, part of their PFG fishing gear line. Blocks sunlight, very thin and quite comfortable on steamy Alabama days. And it catches your eye.

columbia shirt.jpg

[pegasus1300]

Central Utah go up to 86* today which is about normal. We have been in a more normal weather pattern here the last two or three days but the heat wave (95 -100) will be returning tomorrow and during the next week. I will be riding Tues but my trusty jug will be with me.

[2dogs]

110 degrees in the bank parking lot yesterday. Got a sheepskin fleece seat cover so that was ok but the dam handlebar grips were hotter than He!!

[ChicagoSpyder]

Currently 72* 96% humidity, late afternoon we should see 80* and 70% humidity.

[Baron14y]

Go on, rub it in why don'cha!

It's currently 6°C here in the Hills, misty, AND it's raining! . Visibility is about 100m at best, and the rain is heavy enough that when travelling at a safe speed (ie, fairly slow! ) it's actually falling on me instead of being deflected around me by the windscreen! Sooo, it was only a short ryde this morning, and while it might not've been freezing, it was cold & wet with a savage wind-chill and I'm not happy Jan!

Ahh well, maybe later today it'll fine up so I can enjoy a nicer ryde... Besides, the Kids & Grandkids (including all the furry grandkids ) are coming around late this arvo, so the day is only gonna get better!

To say nothing about having to ryde upside down.

[Motorcycledave]

I’m just curious, actually hoping that most of you just may make our temperature feel a bit cooler. What is your outside ambient air temperature right now, and do you go riding in that temperature. Right now, at 3:10 pm PST, the temperature is 42*C (107.6*F), and I’m NOT out riding....I’m existing indoors is an air conditioned home.

What’s yours?

It is 101.2 right now in linden

[bigbadbrucie]

It is 101.2 right now in linden

Dave, right now out temp in Chilliwack is 42°C convert to F, it’s 107.6°. Both are too darned HOT!

[RickWB]

Hey Brucie:

40 C here on Vancouver Island, with humidity, about 45. We had central air installed in our house last month, which was fortuitous. I was out riding on the highway yesterday morning, and I have a vented jacket. Installed a water bottle holder 2 weeks ago and have a flip back chin bar on my helmet, so could hydrate when stopped at a traffic light. Too hot today for me to ride.

Rick