temperature
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For the first time ever, a temperature of 35C has also been recorded somewhere in the UK on the three consecutive months of May, June and July.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
The archaeologists built sterile, temporary structures with temperature and humidity controls, and lowered experts clad in head-to-toe medical gowns into the pits atop bedlike platforms so as to minimize contact with the artifacts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
If bedbugs are found, it recommends washing everything at a high temperature before putting items in a plastic bag and deep freezing for at least three days.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
To determine how the Atlantic responded, they also developed temperature records from Ocean Drilling Program Site 625 in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
Her lethargy worried me, so I took her temperature with a thermometer in the twin’s toolkit.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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Wide swaths of California will face searing temperatures over the weekend, with forecasters issuing a heat advisory for non-coastal areas and warning about the risk of adverse fire weather.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Many of the bodies, like Morup's, are in what climbers call Everest's death zone – where temperatures can plunge to -40C and oxygen levels are about a third of those at sea level.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
The Inland Empire could see temperatures from the mid-90s to 103.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Earlier observations of phonon focusing were mostly restricted to temperatures only a few degrees above absolute zero.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
All men reporting on sick call with temperatures above 102 were rushed to the hospital.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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Weather and Climate - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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