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Re:Europe's all-time heat record set in Sicily at nearly 120... by celticninja on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @04:54PM (#28147605)
Not even half way to boiling really. Although it refers to Europe, it is using farenheit as its scale, as it is a US based publication.

Although for that reason temperature measurements should always include the type for reference.

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Re:Europe's all-time heat record set in Sicily at nearly 120... by montalbano on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @05:19PM (#28147925)
Even with Celsius, perhaps not impossible at the right altitude, low convection, and with a dark color for better radiative absorption.
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Re:Europe's all-time heat record set in Sicily at nearly 120... by bpodgursky on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @04:55PM (#28147616)
"Halfway" from where?
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Re:Europe's all-time heat record set in Sicily at nearly 120... by exporectomy on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @05:31PM (#28148046)
It's an important point that multiplying and dividing temperatures in F or C makes no sense. Some people are somehow assuming half way from freezing which is arbitrary. Would a F user assume it means half way from 32F or 0F?
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Re:Europe's all-time heat record set in Sicily at nearly 120... by Tepix on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @04:58PM (#28147634)
Halfway from 0°C, the freezing point of water.
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Re:Europe's all-time heat record set in Sicily at nearly 120... by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @04:57PM (#28147631)
Freezing (0C). Halfway through the liquid phase of water. Seems like an at-least-somewhat reasonable starting point.
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Re:Europe's all-time heat record set in Sicily at nearly 120... by o_m on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @05:07PM (#28147747)
It also depends on the altitude. At a high enough altitude it would be boiling.
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Re:Europe's all-time heat record set in Sicily at nearly 120... by LogicX on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @04:58PM (#28147635)
0? To 100?
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