List of orders of magnitude for temperature
Factor | Multiple | Item |
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0 | 0 K |
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10−30 | 1 qK |
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10−18 | 1 aK |
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10−15 | 1 fK |
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10−12 | 1 pK |
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10−9 | 1 nK |
|
10−6 | 1 μK |
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10−3 | 1 mK |
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1 | 1 K |
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101 | 10 K |
|
102 | 100 K |
See detailed list below |
103 | 1 kK |
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104 | 10 kK |
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106 | 1 MK |
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109 | 1 GK |
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1012 | 1 TK |
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1015 | 1 PK |
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1018 | 1 EK | |
1021 | 1 ZK | |
1024 | 1 YK |
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1027 | 1 RK |
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1030 | 1 QK | |
1032 | 100 QK |
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1033 | 1000 QK |
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10290 | 10260 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 |
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100 K | −173.15 °C | −279.67 °F | |
133 K | −140 °C | −220 °F |
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133 K to 163 K | −140 to −110 °C | −220 to −160 °F |
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163 K | −110 °C | −166 °F |
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165 K | −108 °C | −163 °F |
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175.4 K | −97.8 °C | −144 °F |
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183.7 K | −89.5 °C | −129.1 °F |
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183.9 K | −89.2 °C | −128.6 °F |
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192 K | −81 °C | −114 °F |
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193 to 203 K | −80 to −70 °C | −112 to −94 °F |
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194.6 K | −78.5 °C | −109.3 °F |
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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[18] |
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[19][full citation needed] |
210 K | −63 °C | −80 °F |
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214.9 K | –58.3 °C | –72.9 °F |
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223.15 K | −50 °C | −58 °F |
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224.8 K | −48.4 °C | −55.0 °F |
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225 K | −48 °C | −55 °F |
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233.15 K | −40 °C | −40 °F |
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234.3 K | −38.83 °C | −37.89 °F |
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240.4 K | −32.8 °C | −27.0 °F | |
246 K | −27 °C | −17 °F |
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249 K | –24 °C | –11 °F |
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249.3 K | –23.9 °C | –11.0 °F | |
250 K | –23 °C | –9 °F |
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255.37 K | –177⁄9 °C | 0 °F |
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255 K | –18 °C | 0 °F |
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256 K | –17 °C | 1 °F |
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256 K | –17 °C | 2 °F |
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257 K | –16 °C | 3 °F |
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262 K | −11 °C | 12 °F |
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263.15 K | –10 °C | 14 °F |
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265 K | –8 °C | 18 °F |
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265.8 K | –7.2 °C | 19 °F |
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267 K | –6 °C | 21 °F |
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271.15 K | −2 °C | 28.4 °F | |
273.14 K | -0.01 °C | 31.98 °F |
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273.15 K | 0.00 °C | 32.00 °F |
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273.16 K | 0.01 °C | 32.02 °F |
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276 K | 3 °C | 37 °F |
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277 K | 3.85 °C | 39 °F |
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277.13 K | 3.98 °C | 39.16 °F |
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279.8 K | 6.67 °C | 44 °F |
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283.2 K | 10 °C | 50 °F |
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286.9 K | 12.7 °C | 54.9 °F |
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287.6 K | 14.44 °C | 58 °F |
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288 K | 15 °C | 59 °F |
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291.6 K | 18.4 °C | 65.1 °F |
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294 K | 21 °C | 70 °F |
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296 K | 23 °C | 73 °F |
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297 K | 24 °C | 75 °F |
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298 K | 25 °C | 77 °F |
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300 K | 27 °C | 81 °F | |
302.9 K | 29.8 °C | 85.6 °F |
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303.15 K | 30 °C | 86 °F |
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304 K | 31 °C | 88 °F |
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307 K | 34 °C | 93 °F | |
307.6 K | 34.4 °C | 93.9 °F |
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308 K | 35 °C | 95 °F |
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309.5 K | 36.4 °C | 97.5 °F |
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311.03 K | 37.87 °C | 100.2 °F |
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311.8 K | 38.6 °C | 101.5 °F |
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313.15 K | 40 °C | 104 °F |
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315 K | 42 °C | 108 °F |
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317.6 K | 44.44 °C | 112 °F |
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319.7 K | 46.5 °C | 115.7 °F |
|
321.45 K | 48.3 °C | 119 °F | World's hottest air temperature recorded while raining, at Imperial, California, USA on July 24, 2018[41]}} |
322.1 K | 48.9 °C | 120.0 °F | |
323.14 K | 49.99 °C | 121.99 °F |
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323.9 K | 50.7 °C | 123.3 °F |
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329.87 K | 56.7 °C | 134.1 °F |
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333.15 K | 60 °C | 140 °F |
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336 K | 63 °C | 145.4 °F |
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342 K | 69 °C | 157 °F |
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343.15 K | 70 °C | 158 °F |
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350 K | 77 °C | 170 °F |
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351.52 K | 78.37 °C | 173.07 °F |
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353.15 K | 80 °C | 176 °F |
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355 K | 82 °C | 180 °F |
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355.6 K | 82.4 °C | 180.3 °F |
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366 K | 93 °C | 200 °F |
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367 K | 94 °C | 201 °F |
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371 K | 98 °C | 209 °F |
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373.13 K | 99.98 °C | 211.97 °F |
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380 K | 107 °C | 225 °F |
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388 K | 115 °C | 239 °F |
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400 K | 127 °C | 260 °F |
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433.15 K | 160 °C | 320 °F |
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450 K | 177 °C | 350 °F |
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453.15 K | 180 °C | 356 °F |
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483 K | 210 °C | 410 °F | |
491 K | 218 °C | 425 °F |
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519 K | 246 °C | 475 °F |
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522 K | 249 °C | 480 °F |
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525 K | 252 °C | 485 °F | |
538 K | 265 °C | 510 °F |
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574.5875 K | 301.4375 °C | 574.5875 °F |
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600.65 K | 327.5 °C | 621.5 °F |
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647 K | 374 °C | 705 °F |
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693 K | 419 °C | 787 °F |
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723.15 K | 450 °C | 842 °F |
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738 K | 465 °C | 870 °F |
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749 K | 476 °C | 889 °F |
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773.15 K | 500 °C | 932 °F |
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798 K | 525 °C | 977 °F |
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858 K | 585 °C | 1085 °F | Kindling point of hydrogen[51] |
933.47 K | 660.32 °C | 1220.58 °F |
|
1000 K | 726.85 °C | 1340.33 °F |
SI multiples
Submultiples | Multiples | ||||
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Value | SI symbol | Name | Value | SI symbol | Name |
10−1 K | dK | decikelvin | 101 K | daK | decakelvin |
10−2 K | cK | centikelvin | 102 K | hK | hectokelvin |
10−3 K | mK | millikelvin | 103 K | kK | kilokelvin |
10−6 K | μK | microkelvin | 106 K | MK | megakelvin |
10−9 K | nK | nanokelvin | 109 K | GK | gigakelvin |
10−12 K | pK | picokelvin | 1012 K | TK | terakelvin |
10−15 K | fK | femtokelvin | 1015 K | PK | petakelvin |
10−18 K | aK | attokelvin | 1018 K | EK | exakelvin |
10−21 K | zK | zeptokelvin | 1021 K | ZK | zettakelvin |
10−24 K | yK | yoctokelvin | 1024 K | YK | yottakelvin |
10−27 K | rK | rontokelvin | 1027 K | RK | ronnakelvin |
10−30 K | qK | quectokelvin | 1030 K | QK | quettakelvin |
References
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