My old friend from Army days lives in Havasu now. He reported 127 last week.
I think the record is still Death Valley at around 135.
Notice the hottest day in Arizona (in Havasu) was also the hottest day in Nevada -- June 29, 1994. That temperature was probably set in Laughlin, across the river from Bullhead. Bullhead itself must have been about 127 that day.
I actually remember that whole week. If I'm not mistaken, there were 11 days in a row in June of '94 in Havasu that topped 120, culminating in that 128.
But it was actually hotter than that. At my home thermometer it read in the low 130s. I talked to many other Havasuvians too. EVERYONE said their thermometers read in the low 130s. However, the "official" temp was taken at a station located on a grassy patch of lawn where the sprinklers were running 24/7. The thought was that if the the official temp got too hot, it would scare off the tourists.
Wonder how that panned out...
Scary thing is, I have to be in Havasu on Tuesday for some work. I fear the return!
We used to do the river thing at Black Meadows Landing (nearby Parker)....at the end of the weekend after the car had been baking for a couple of days, you’d need a cloth to touch the handle....and then reach in, fire up, flip the A/C to max, then just wait ourside five minutes before even thinking of climbing inside.