Temperatures: High & Low

compiled by Peter Y. Chou, WisdomPortal.com

Celsius = (Fahrenheit -32) x (5/9)

Fahrenheit = Celsius x (9/5) + 32

Kelvin = Celsius +273.15

Celsius = Kelvin -273.15

• 15,000,000°K— Sun's core temperature

• 3,000,000°K— Sun's corona temperature

• 35,540°F— Blue Star Rigel's surface temperature (20,000°K)

• 9,980°F— Sun's surface temperature (5800°K)

• 9,900°F— Earth's core temperature

• 5,000°F— Red Star Betelgeuse's surface temperature (3000°K)

• 896°F— Hottest Planetary Surface: Venus (480°C)

• 212°F— Boiling Point of Water

• 134°F— World's hottest temperature, Death Valley, CA, USA (7-10-1913)

• 100°C— Boiling Point of Water

• 98.6°F— Human's normal body temperature (37°C)

• 77°F— Average room temperature (25°C)

• 39°F— Average Ocean temperature

• 32°F— Freezing Point of Water (0°C)

• 0°C— Freezing Point of Water (32°F)

• -60°C— Lowest Temp. USA: Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska (-80°F), 1-23-1971

• -70°C— Coldest Inhabited Village: Oymyakon, Siberia, Russia (-94°F)

• -89.2°C— Lowest Temp. on Earth: Vostok, Antarctica (-128.6°F), 7-21-1983

• -270°C— Cosmic Background Radiation in Deep Space (3°K, -454°F)

• -272°C— Coldest Place in the Universe: Boomerang Nebula (1°K, -458°F)

• -273°C— Absolute Zero: molecular motion stops (0°K, -459°F)

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