The Yearly Haj Pilgrimage in Mekkah

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It was 125°F in the shade at Dhahran in July 1992, when I was flying out of there.

Hah! We were there at the same time! I had the misfortune of being at King Abdul Aziz Airbase from mid-June through mid-September of 1992. You missed the worst of it if you left in July. Starting in late August, the wind shifts so it starts blowing in from the Persian Gulf. It drops the temperature down to the high 90s or low 100s but the humidity sky rockets. I was doing a lot of antenna and giant voice (public address) work so I was outside a lot. I remember chugging one of those 1.5 liter bottles of water they gave us and looking at the empty bottle in amazement that I could drink that much water. Twenty minutes later I was reaching for another one! Fun times.