Summer rain showers are supposed to cool everything off. Well, assuming you aren't in the south and humidity isn't at 89%. Generally though, a nice afternoon shower is a welcome event during high temperatures. But, we also have to assume you aren't in Needles, Colorado.
This small town set a world record on August 13th for having the hottest rainfall, at 115 degrees Fahrenheit. Now at sea level, water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit. For every 500 foot gain in elevation boiling point drops one degree. Needles has an elevation of 495 feet, so water boils there at roughly 211 degrees (I'm getting scientific now), a negligible difference in temperature.All that to illustrate that although the rain sounds incredibly hot, it wasn't even close to the feel of boiling water. I still wouldn't have been found standing around outside.
The record temperature of rain prior to this week was 109 degrees, first held by Marrakech, Morocco on July 10th, 2010 and then taken by Mecca, Saudia Arabia on June 5th, 2012.
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