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(Redirected from Microkelvin) Comparison of a wide range of temperatures
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Temperature in °C compared to the thermodynamic scale in electron volts, which are also used as a unit of temperature

List of orders of magnitude for temperature

See also: Order of magnitude and Temperature
Factor Multiple Item
0 0 K
10 1 qK
  • Particular speeds bound paths to exceed the size and lifetime of the universe, i.e. the particle's total path traveled (but not the distance from its place of origin) since the beginning of the universe is less than the size of the universe
    (see least-energy in orders of magnitude (energy))
10 1 aK
10 1 fK
10 1 pK
  • 38 pK, lowest laboratory-produced temperature, achieved through matter-wave lensing of rubidium Bose-Einstein condensates.
  • 450 pK, lowest temperature sodium Bose–Einstein condensate gas ever achieved in the laboratory, at MIT
10 1 nK
10 1 μK
10 1 mK
1 1 K
10 10 K
10 100 K

See detailed list below

10 1 kK
10 10 kK
10 1 MK
10 1 GK
10 1 TK
10 1 PK
10 1 EK
10 1 ZK
10 1 YK
10 1 RK
  • Everything 10 seconds after the Big Bang
10 1 QK
10 100 QK
10 1000 QK
10 10 QK

Detailed list for 100 K to 1000 K

Most ordinary human activity takes place at temperatures of this order of magnitude. Circumstances where water naturally occurs in liquid form are shown in light grey.

Kelvin Degrees
Celsius
Degrees
Fahrenheit
Condition
100 K −173.15 °C −279.67 °F
133 K −140 °C −220  °F
  • Mean on Saturn
133 K to 163 K −140 to −110 °C −220 to −160 °F
  • Typical temperature of a whole-body cryotherapy chamber
163 K −110 °C −166  °F
  • Mean on Jupiter
165 K −108 °C −163 °F
  • Glass point of supercooled water (Debatable)
175.4 K −97.8 °C −144 °F
  • Coldest luminance temperature recorded on Earth (measured remotely by satellite), in Antarctica
183.7 K −89.5 °C −129.1 °F
183.9 K −89.2 °C −128.6 °F
192 K −81 °C −114 °F
193 to 203 K −80 to −70 °C −112 to −94 °F
194.6 K −78.5 °C −109.3 °F
203.55 K −69.6 °C −93.3 °F Coldest officially recorded air temperature in the Northern Hemisphere at Klinck AWS, Greenland (Denmark) on 1991-12-22
205.5 K −67.7 °C −89.9 °F Coldest officially recorded air temperature on the Eurasian continent at Oymyakon, USSR on 6 February 1933
210 K −63 °C −80 °F
214.9 K –58.3 °C –72.9 °F
223.15 K −50 °C −58 °F
  • Mean on Earth during Snowball Earth period around 650 million years ago
224.8 K −48.4 °C −55.0 °F
  • Coldest temperature that water can remain a liquid (see Supercooling)
225 K −48 °C −55 °F
233.15 K −40 °C −40 °F
  • Intersecting point of the Celsius and Fahrenheit temperature scales
  • Skin may freeze almost instantly at or below this temperature
234.3 K −38.83 °C −37.89 °F
240.4 K −32.8 °C −27.0 °F
  • Coldest air temperature recorded in South America, at Sarmiento, Argentina on 1907-06-01
246 K −27 °C −17 °F
249 K –24 °C –11 °F
249.3 K –23.9 °C –11.0 °F
  • Coldest air temperature recorded in Africa, at Ifrane, Morocco on 11 February 1935
250 K –23 °C –9 °F
255.37 K –177⁄9 °C 0 °F
255 K –18 °C 0 °F
256 K –17 °C 1 °F
256 K –17 °C 2 °F
257 K –16 °C 3 °F
262 K −11 °C 12 °F
263.15 K –10 °C 14 °F
265 K –8 °C 18 °F
265.8 K –7.2 °C 19 °F
267 K –6 °C 21 °F
271.15 K −2 °C 28.4 °F
  • Average freezing/melting point of oceans, the salinity is around 3.47%.
273.14 K -0.01 °C 31.98 °F
  • Maximum temperature of an object causing frostbite
273.15 K 0.00 °C 32.00 °F
  • Freezing/melting point of fresh water (at 1 atm pressure)
273.16 K 0.01 °C 32.02 °F
276 K 3 °C 37 °F
277 K 3.85 °C 39 °F
277.13 K 3.98 °C 39.16 °F
  • Water is at maximum density
279.8 K 6.67 °C 44 °F
  • Threshold of skin numbness if skin reaches this temperature
283.2 K 10 °C 50 °F
286.9 K 12.7 °C 54.9 °F
  • Coldest body temperature of a human that survived accidental hypothermia (a 2-year-old boy in Racławice, Poland, on November 30, 2014)
287.6 K 14.44 °C 58 °F
288 K 15 °C 59 °F
  • Mean on Earth
291.6 K 18.4 °C 65.1 °F
  • Hottest temperature in Antarctica, recorded on 2020 February 6 at the Esperanza Base
294 K 21 °C 70 °F
296 K 23 °C 73 °F
297 K 24 °C 75 °F
298 K 25 °C 77 °F
300 K 27 °C 81 °F
  • Thermoneutral temperature of an unclothed human at rest
  • Estimated melting/freezing point of francium
302.9 K 29.8 °C 85.6 °F
303.15 K 30 °C 86 °F
  • The rate of plant growth is typically no greater above this temperature than at this temperature. (see Growing degree-day)
304 K 31 °C 88 °F
  • Melting/freezing point of butter, critical point for carbon dioxide
307 K 34 °C 93 °F
307.6 K 34.4 °C 93.9 °F
308 K 35 °C 95 °F
309.5 K 36.4 °C 97.5 °F
  • Average body temperature for a human
311.03 K 37.87 °C 100.2 °F
  • Beginnings of a fever for humans
311.8 K 38.6 °C 101.5 °F
  • Average body temperature for a cat
313.15 K 40 °C 104 °F
  • Maximum standard temperature recommended for hot tub users
315 K 42 °C 108 °F
  • Usually fatal human fever
317.6 K 44.44 °C 112 °F
319.7 K 46.5 °C 115.7 °F
  • Highest human fever survived (Willie Jones)
321.45 K 48.3 °C 119 °F World's hottest air temperature recorded while raining, at Imperial, California, USA on July 24, 2018
322.1 K 48.9 °C 120.0 °F
  • Hottest air temperature recorded in South America, at Rivadavia, Argentina on 1905-12-11
  • Maximum safe temperature for hot water according to numeric U.S. plumbing codes
  • Water will cause a second-degree burn after 8 minutes and a third-degree burn after 10 minutes
323.14 K 49.99 °C 121.99 °F
  • Half-way point between freezing and boiling
323.9 K 50.7 °C 123.3 °F
329.87 K 56.7 °C 134.1 °F
333.15 K 60 °C 140 °F
  • Water will cause a second-degree burn in 3 seconds and a third-degree burn in 5 seconds
  • Average temperature of a hair dryer
336 K 63 °C 145.4 °F
342 K 69 °C 157 °F
343.15 K 70 °C 158 °F
350 K 77 °C 170 °F
351.52 K 78.37 °C 173.07 °F
353.15 K 80 °C 176 °F
  • Average temperature of a sauna
355 K 82 °C 180 °F
  • Recommended final rinse temperature in industrial-grade commercial dishwashers
355.6 K 82.4 °C 180.3 °F
366 K 93 °C 200 °F
367 K 94 °C 201 °F
371 K 98 °C 209 °F
  • Freezing/melting point of sodium
373.13 K 99.98 °C 211.97 °F
  • Boiling point of water at 1 atm pressure (see Celsius)
380 K 107 °C 225 °F
388 K 115 °C 239 °F
  • Melting/freezing point of sulfur
400 K 127 °C 260 °F
  • Concorde nose tip during supersonic flight
  • Coldest known stars in space (approximate temperature)
433.15 K 160 °C 320 °F
  • Syrup is concentrated to 100% sugar
  • Sucrose (table sugar) caramelizes
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450 K 177 °C 350 °F
453.15 K 180 °C 356 °F
483 K 210 °C 410 °F
491 K 218 °C 425 °F
519 K 246 °C 475 °F
522 K 249 °C 480 °F
  • Kindling point of jet fuel (Jet A/Jet A-1)
525 K 252 °C 485 °F
538 K 265 °C 510 °F
  • Smoke point of refined safflower oil
574.5875 K 301.4375 °C 574.5875 °F
600.65 K 327.5 °C 621.5 °F
  • Melting/freezing point of lead
647 K 374 °C 705 °F
  • Critical point of superheated water
693 K 419 °C 787 °F
  • Melting/freezing point of zinc
723.15 K 450 °C 842 °F
738 K 465 °C 870 °F
749 K 476 °C 889 °F
773.15 K 500 °C 932 °F
  • Oven on self-cleaning mode
798 K 525 °C 977 °F
  • Draper point (the point at which nearly all objects start to glow dim red)
858 K 585 °C 1085 °F Kindling point of hydrogen
933.47 K 660.32 °C 1220.58 °F
1000 K 726.85 °C 1340.33 °F

SI multiples

SI multiples of kelvin (K)
Submultiples Multiples
Value SI symbol Name Value SI symbol Name
10 K dK decikelvin 10 K daK decakelvin
10 K cK centikelvin 10 K hK hectokelvin
10 K mK millikelvin 10 K kK kilokelvin
10 K μK microkelvin 10 K MK megakelvin
10 K nK nanokelvin 10 K GK gigakelvin
10 K pK picokelvin 10 K TK terakelvin
10 K fK femtokelvin 10 K PK petakelvin
10 K aK attokelvin 10 K EK exakelvin
10 K zK zeptokelvin 10 K ZK zettakelvin
10 K yK yoctokelvin 10 K YK yottakelvin
10 K rK rontokelvin 10 K RK ronnakelvin
10 K qK quectokelvin 10 K QK quettakelvin

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