What is the warmest temperature you have ever seen on the thermometer at your house?

At my house here in Maine I believe one day many years ago I saw 105°F.

That was pretty warm considering it almost never goes over 95° here

I wish I had had A camera to take a picture of the thermometer at the time because my dad does not believe me it was ever 105° Fahrenheit

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MaryJanine · 61-69, F

There was a brutal stretch last summer, where the temp was 95, then 97 then a few days in the 100's. I think the highest was 115 - even the weatherman was surprised!

Jeremazing13 · 26-30, M

@MaryJanine Was the day of 115 last summer or was that just the warmest you have seen since you were born?

MaryJanine · 61-69, F

@Jeremazing13 Yes. The weathermen talked a lot about how hot it was in the 1950's (when I was born but unaware then) and said our heat of last summer surpassed any records set then. I remember going to school before air conditioning as a kid into late June, and it was close to 90 then (1960's). They had all six of the windows open in a typical classroom and box fans blowing, but all it did was stir up the hot air, and teachers and kids were both miserable. Then we had the wasps come in, bobbing around the overhead lights - that scared me silly.

Jeremazing13 · 26-30, M

@MaryJanine Yeah opening the windows is a bad idea, it is a bad idea sometimes to use fans to cool you down when it is really warm when the air is over the temperature of your body heat it is dangerous to use a fan because it is blowing air at you that is warmer than you so it is actually warming you up even if you psychologically think the wind chill is cooling you down it does not work that way so having the windows open is a bad idea because it just makes the temperature inside and outside the same when it's that warm plus all the bugs get in and like I said sometimes depending upon the temperature inside the building it is dangerous to use fans

MaryJanine · 61-69, F

@Jeremazing13 So they say today - but back in the 1960's, people didn't know any better. I just remember we all suffered through it.

Jeremazing13 · 26-30, M

@MaryJanine yeah it was tough for people back then also lots of people back then didn't have a lot of money even in the 60s pay wasn't as good as it is now even if it still isn't all that good and people didn't have AC even though I have a floor standing AC unit in my bedroom I don't use it all that often even if it is really really warm in my room mainly because it is excessively loud and annoying when the compressor turns on and off and just it running in general is loud but only run it occasionally also just because it wastes energy. I only use it when I absolutely have to