temperature
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Investigators will rely on data from the aircraft’s black boxes to account for other relevant factors, including wind speed and outside temperature.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
As this wave makes it way over the Pacific, it suppresses the cold water that usually comes up from the deep ocean, making the surface temperature higher.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The highest temperature recorded in the month was 28.6C in Northolt, London on 6 September.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Unlike an ordinary phase transition such as water becoming steam, this transition is not caused by temperature.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
When you are the frog in the pot, you sometimes congratulate yourself for surviving the heat, failing to notice the temperature increasing.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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This year, temperature records have already been broken in a key region of the central-eastern Pacific, with daily sea surface temperatures now exceeding the previous record set during the very strong El Niño of 2015.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
While Kelvin waves are common -- there are five or six during every El Nino -- this one arrives at a delicate time, said Amaya, with sea temperatures already elevated.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The medical staff recommended breathwork and stretching sessions, along with contrast therapy, alternating between freezing-cold temperatures and heat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Southern California has had a particularly swampy summer, thanks to tropical storm remnants and unusually warm ocean temperatures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
They worked without gloves in well below freezing temperatures in the winter.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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Vocabulary lists containing temperature
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Weather and Climate - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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