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Death Valley: The hottest place on Earth where people can survive long enough to keep a temperature station manned. I am confused how 66.8C can be "the highes
by jandrese 5y ago
Death Valley: The hottest place on Earth where people can survive long enough to keep a temperature station manned.
I am confused how 66.8C can be "the highest recorded temperature taken by a satellite", while the Aqua satellite found a maximum temperature of 80.8C.
- phaemon 5y agoImagine I was measuring the temperature in your home. I measured above your grill. Is that a good average for your home temperature?
- ngngngng 5y agoI once set my oven to 350F, does that mean my house holds the record?
- phaemon 5y agoNot even close. What do you reckon the highest temperature was achieved in a house?
- rovr138 5y agoForest fires have burnt houses. That's visible from space too.
- AlexCoventry 5y agoI heard the tungsten filament in old-fashioned light bulbs can reach 2800K.
- a9h74j 5y agoAnd LEDs can now reach 5000K :)
- quickthrowman 5y agoA tungsten filament can reach 4500 degrees Fahrenheit
- ThePowerOfFuet 5y agoThat's colour temperature, not actual temperature.
- seanp2k2 5y agohttps://www.hisour.com/correlated-color-temperature-24475/ https://www.hisour.com/correlated-color-temperature-24475/
- jandrese 5y agoDid you measure it from a satellite?
- jandrese 5y agoIt doesn't say highest average measurement, it says highest recorded temperature. Plus, there is a 70.7 average measurement listed as well.
- exporectomy 5y agoYou're right, it doesn't need to be an average. Meteorologists are interested in outdoor air temperature in the shade, away from local disturbances like buildings and the ground. That way it's not influenced by uninteresting local effects like the color of the walls, direct solar heating (affected by the properties of the thermometer itself) or somebody turning the oven on. That 70.7 degrees from the satellite was ground temperature, not air temperature, so it can't be compared.
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