#temperatures

[todays-xkcd]

Hypothermia of below 98.6 K should be treated by leaving the giant molecular cloud and moving to the vicinity of a star.

Fever [Explained]

Transcript Under the Cut

Treating a Fever

Fever/Treatment 38°C-40°C (100°F-104°F): Fluids, rest, normal doctor stuff 40°C-45°C: Hospital, advanced doctor stuff 45°C-100°C: Exit that steam cloud immediately 100°C-400°C: Stop, drop, and roll 400°C-500°C: Return to Earth from Venus ASAP 500°C-1,500°C: Please climb out of that volcano 1,500°C-5,000°C: Turn your tunneling machine around and come back up to the surface 5,000°C-6,000°C: No, the surface of the Earth, not the Sun 6,000°C-50,000°C: Wait, that's not the Sun. What star are you visiting? Come back right now. 50,000°C-20,000,000°C: At least stay on the surface of the star instead of diving down to the core 20,000,000°C-10,000,000,000°C: You know, you could've picked a normal star instead of one that's exploding 10,000,000,000°C or higher: I hope you're enjoying your visit to the Big Bang but you should really come back home immediately

[mapsontheweb]

Highest temperature ever recorded in Europe

[phoenixyfriend]

I think one of the most impressive facts about the effectiveness of the colonialism of Celsius is that it's used even in places where it's incredibly incorrect at the one thing it's supposed to be better at.

Namely, the temperature at which water starts to boil.

It's the biggest argument people always have for why Celsius is better, but it only really applies at sea level/standard atmospheric pressure.

So, there are places that use Celsius because their colonizers did. This includes

Mexico: In Mexico City, water boils at about 92.56 C

Bolivia: In El Alto, the second-largest city, water boils at 85.9 C

Ecuador: In Quito, the second-largest city, water boils at 90.47 C

Colombia: In Bogotá, water boils at 91.26 C

Ethiopia: In Addis Ababa, water boils at 91.67 C

And so on.

(I used this Wikipedia page to find cities with over a million people and their average elevations, and I used this calculator to find the boiling points. Unsurprisingly, most of the high-altitude cities of size are in South/Central America.)

Anyway, the next time someone tries to argue that Celsius just 'makes more sense' because it's based on the boiling point, tell them 'not in Mexico City!' (It has the biggest population.)

[lifewithchronicpain]

At what temperature range do you wear your warmest winter jacket?

Above 46 Fahrenheit / 7.8 Celsius

41 - 45 Fahrenheit / 5 - 7.2 Celsius

36 - 40 Fahrenheit / 2.2 - 4.4 Celsius

31 - 35 Fahrenheit / -0.5 - 1.7 Celsius

26 - 30 Fahrenheit / -3.3 - -1.1 Celsius

21 - 25 Fahrenheit / -6.1 - -3.9 Celsius

16 - 20 Fahrenheit / -8.9 - -6.7 Celsius

11 - 15 Fahrenheit / -11.7 - -9.4 Celsius

6 - 10 Fahrenheit / -14.4 - -12.2 Celsius

5 Fahrenheit / -15 Celsius and below

Don't wear a heavy jacket at all in winter.

Don't live in in a latitude with winter.

Voting ended onNov 28, 2023

I converted Fahrenheit to Celsius and rounded up to the first decimal place. That's why Celsius is not a perfect seamless range, but hey didn't have to do that and it was more work so it is what it is.

Please reblog for larger sample size. C:

[thatpollguy]

which is warmer: lukewarm or tepid?

Interesting poll request, @chasingtheelephants! Keep 'em coming, folks.

Which is warmer: lukewarm or tepid?

Lukewarm

Tepid

Voting ended onFeb 24

[tabloidweather]

13 January 2026

Temperatures in Lapland could rise 40 degrees in a week

[2022dirt]

In freezing weather, the water used to fight fires can freeze into layers of ice on gear.

[kairich295]

Rain vs Snow at 34-36 degrees F (1.1-2.2 degrees C)🌧🌨🥶

Did you know that it can still Snow even when the temperature is above freezing? This is the transition zone from rain to snow, or snow to rain, depending on the temperature above us rather than right at the ground. Cold rain actually starts as snow in the clouds, if the snowflakes fall into warmer air below, they melt into raindrops. If it's raining at these temperatures, then the air above you is above freezing too, so the snowflakes have time to melt into raindrops before reaching the ground. ❄️➡️💧

If it's snowing at these temperatures, than the air above you is below freezing, so the snowflakes don't have time to melt before reaching the ground. At 34 degrees F (1 degrees C) large, wet snowflakes fall! ❄️➡️❄️

It can also depend on the humidity! If it's humid you will get rain, if it's drier you will get snow because falling, evaporating snowflakes actually cool the air down to the freezing point. At these temperatures you will also get a mix of rain and snow. The two pictures at the top show rain at these temperatures and the two bottom ones show snow at these same temperatures! 💧❄️