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22 May 2010
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Are you sure you didn't intend to state an actual temperature or two? Stating that they are "rising" doesn't really help much. It's late spring, and "rising" temps are more or less par for the course.
I won't be there til July, maybe August. If you post at that time stating it's "hot" in the desert Southwest, expect me to ask for clarification promptly.
Mark
(from a few blocks north of the equator, Macapa Brazil)
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23 May 2010
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Originally Posted by markharf
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I won't be there til July, maybe August.
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Traversing last year from Austin, TX to San Diego, CA on I-10, I experienced temps as high as 108 degrees F by the end of June, for what it's worth...
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Thomas
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23 May 2010
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July & August in the southwestern USA/northern Mexico bring temperatures well above 100*F (sometimes not dropping below 100 for a month or more), but with very low humidity. At this point, the air blast is like opening the oven door on a roast; it becomes less comfortable to have mesh or open vents on your riding gear. Also, sweat will rapidly evaporate from your skin, and you won't even know you're sweating all of the liquid out of your body. Watch the shade of your urine at rest stops. If it is anything but clear, drink more water.
The temperatures are also regulated by altitude. The Colorado Plateau is a geologically uplifted landmass that is roughly centered on the intersection of the AZ/UT/CO/NM borders. It contains high deserts country, which is just as dry as the lower desert, but can be cooler by 10 or more degrees F. Fortunately the Colo Plateau also contains some of the visual, geological and cultural gems of the southwestern US: Grand Canyon, southern Utah's "red rock country", Mesa Verde in Colorado, and the beginnings of the Rocky Mountains in northern New Mexico.
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