yes, you're too concerned about it, there's folks in much hotter places than you who have hotter engines in small spaces, if the paint starts peeling off the hood, then worry the only temp you need worry about is the one on your gauge
"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir "When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me Some TF series details & TF heater pics
the only temp you need worry about is the one on your gauge