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[ominous-signs]

[quasi-normalcy]

Coldest temperature you've ever experienced?

>0 °C (32 F)

0 to -10 °C (32-14 F)

-10 to -20 °C (14 to -4 F)

-20 to -30 °C (-4 to -22 F)

-30 to -40 °C (-22 to -40 F)

-40 to -50 °C (-40 to - 58 F)

-50 to -60 °C (-58 to -76 F)

< -60 °C (< -76 F)

Voting ended onDec 26, 2024

[incognitopolls]

At approximately what outside temperature does it become too hot for you?

15ºC (59ºF) is too hot for me, or a temperature even lower than this is too hot

20ºC (68ºF)

25ºC (77ºF)

30ºC (86ºF)

35ºC (95ºF)

40ºC (104ºF)

45ºC (113ºF)

It can never be too hot for me

Voting ended onNov 27, 2024

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[todays-xkcd]

In my new scale, °X, 0 is Earths' record lowest surface temperature, 50 is the global average, and 100 is the record highest, with a linear scale between each point and adjustment every year as needed.

Temperature Scales [Explained]

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Temperature Scales

[A table with five columns, labelled: Unit, water freezing point, water boiling point, notes, cursedness. There are eleven rows below the labels.]

[Row 1:] Celsius, 0, 100, Used in most of the world, 2/10 [Row 2:] Kelvin, 273.15, 373.15, 0K is absolute zero, 2/10 [Row 3:] Fahrenheit, 32, 212, Outdoors in most places is between 0–100, 3/10 [Row 4:] Réaumur, 0, 80, Like Celsius, but with 80 instead of 100, 3/8 [Row 5:] Rømer, 7.5, 60, Fahrenheit precursor with similarly random design, 4/10, [Row 6:] Rankine, 491.7, 671.7, Fahrenheit, but with 0°F set to absolute zero, 6/10 [Row 7:] Newton, 0, 33-ish, Poorly defined, with reference points like "the hottest water you can hold your hand in", 7-ish/10 [Row 8:] Wedgewood, –8, –6.7, Intended for comparing the melting points of metals, all of which it was very wrong about, 9/10 [Row 9:] Galen, –4?, 4??, Runs from –4 (cold) to 4 (hot). 0 is "normal"(?), 4/–4 [Row 10:] ''Real'' Celsius, 100, 0, In Anders Celsius's original specification, bigger numbers are ''colder''; others later flipped it, 10/0 [Row 11:] Dalton, 0, 100, A nonlinear scale; 0°C and 100°C are 0 and 100 Dalton, but 50°C is 53.9 Dalton, 53.9/50

[vincentbriggs]

Overall I'm very lucky to have the living space I do and to have an actual sewing room, but ooghh I do wish that sewing room wasn't a top floor South facing sunroom with much thinner walls than the rest of the building and also no a/c. It's 30 of the grees in here and it's only June 9th and the foil curtains are down so not even that much sun is getting in.

[mikulizard]

Heatwave here is getting satanic. Made a doodle in class when it was like 40°C. My turquoise ahh is not built for this heat

[mindblowingscience]

Eight ways to sleep well in hot weather

When temperatures rise, sleep often suffers. Hot nights can make it harder to fall asleep, increase waking during the night and leave people

When temperatures rise, sleep often suffers. Hot nights can make it harder to fall asleep, increase waking during the night and leave people feeling less rested the next day. One reason is thermoregulation, the body's ability to keep its internal temperature within a safe range. Sleep is closely linked to body temperature: To fall asleep and stay asleep, the body usually needs to lose some heat. Hot bedrooms make that harder.

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[janeacular]

People who have regular body heat don't experience cold the way we do. They apparently have this little heater inside of them that just, keeps their blood and internal organs comfy all the time. Being "cold" to them is just a chill on their skin. "If you're still cold after the first layer, put another layer on!" That doesn't work if you don't have the body heat to warm up those layers!!! it's just cold fabric on top of cold fabric on top of cold fabric on top of cold skin on top of cold fat on top of cold muscle on top of cold bones.

Then of course, even if there are FINALLY enough layers to make our skin warm. That does not mean it will make our bones warm. I could have an electronically heated blanket on me, and start sweating from it, and STILL BE COLD because it takes a lot of time for any amount of heat to pierce the surface level of my body & warm me in any ways that matter. So yeah, anytime you're interacting with somebody who doesn't have temperature regulation issues, and they offhandedly mention that they love the cold, just be aware they are never ever talking about our kind of cold. the kind that feels like an uphill battle. They're talking about something completely different and unique to them and their little internal heater. something some of us may never experience because we're always trapped in that fight with the air around us.