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by jhayward 3066 days ago
I personally measured road surface temperature of 165ยบ on a road in Texas a few summers ago. It was a hot day, but not unusually so for August.

The road wasn't even blacktop, it was "tar and chip", which is much lighter in color and tends to absorb less heat than pure blacktop asphalt.