Orders of magnitude (temperature) explained

List of orders of magnitude for temperature

See also: Order of magnitude and Temperature.

Factor	Multiple	Item
0	0 K
10−30	1 qK
10−18	1 aK
10−15	1 fK
10−12	1 pK
10−9	1 nK
10−6	1 μK
10−3	1 mK
1	1 K
101	10 K
102	100 K	See detailed list below
103	1 kK
104	10 kK
106	1 MK
109	1 GK
1012	1 TK
1015	1 PK
1018	1 EK
1021	1 ZK
1024	1 YK
1027	1 RK
1030	1 QK
1032	100 QK
1033	1000 QK
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.

			Condition
100 K	−173.15 °C	−279.67 °F
133 K	−140 °C	−220  °F
133 K to 163 K	−140 to −110 °C	−220 to −160 °F
163 K	−110 °C	−166  °F
165 K	−108 °C	−163 °F
175.4 K	−97.8 °C	−144 °F
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[1]
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[2]
210 K	−63 °C	−80 °F
214.9 K	–58.3 °C	–72.9 °F
223.15 K	−50 °C	−58 °F
224.8 K	−48.4 °C	−55.0 °F
225 K	−48 °C	−55 °F
233.15 K	−40 °C	−40 °F
234.3 K	−38.83 °C	−37.89 °F
240.4 K	−32.8 °C	−27.0 °F
246 K	−27 °C	−17 °F
249 K	–24 °C	–11 °F
249.3 K	–23.9 °C	–11.0 °F
250 K	–23 °C	–9 °F
255.37 K	–17 °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
273.14 K	-0.01 °C	31.98 °F
273.15 K	0.00 °C	32.00 °F
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
279.8 K	6.67 °C	44 °F
283.2 K	10 °C	50 °F
286.9 K	12.7 °C	54.9 °F
287.6 K	14.44 °C	58 °F
288 K	15 °C	59 °F
291.6 K	18.4 °C	65.1 °F
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
302.9 K	29.8 °C	85.6 °F
303.15 K	30 °C	86 °F
304 K	31 °C	88 °F
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
311.03 K	37.87 °C	100.2 °F
311.8 K	38.6 °C	101.5 °F
313.15 K	40 °C	104 °F
315 K	42 °C	108 °F
317.6 K	44.44 °C	112 °F
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[3]

}|- bgcolor=#E0E0E0 align=right|322.1 K||48.9 °C||120.0 °F||style="text-align:left"||- bgcolor=#E0E0E0 align=right|323.14 K||49.99 °C||121.99 °F||style="text-align:left"||- bgcolor=#E0E0E0 align=right|323.9 K||50.7 °C||123.3 °F||style="text-align:left"||- bgcolor=#E0E0E0 align=right|329.87 K||56.7 °C||134.1 °F||style="text-align:left"||- bgcolor=#E0E0E0 align=right|333.15 K||60 °C||140 °F||style="text-align:left"||- bgcolor=#E0E0E0 align=right|336 K||63 °C||145.4 °F||style="text-align:left"||- bgcolor=#E0E0E0 align=right|342 K||69 °C||157 °F||style="text-align:left"||- bgcolor=#E0E0E0 align=right|343.15 K||70 °C||158 °F||style="text-align:left"||- bgcolor=#E0E0E0 align=right|350 K||77 °C||170 °F||style="text-align:left"||- bgcolor=#E0E0E0 align=right|351.52 K||78.37 °C||173.07 °F||style="text-align:left"||- bgcolor=#E0E0E0 align=right|353.15 K||80 °C||176 °F||style="text-align:left"||- bgcolor=#E0E0E0 align=right|355 K||82 °C||180 °F||style="text-align:left"||- bgcolor=#E0E0E0 align=right|355.6 K||82.4 °C||180.3 °F||style="text-align:left"||- bgcolor=#E0E0E0 align=right|366 K||93 °C||200 °F||style="text-align:left"||- bgcolor=#E0E0E0 align=right|367 K||94 °C||201 °F||style="text-align:left"||- bgcolor=#E0E0E0 align=right|371 K||98 °C||209 °F||style="text-align:left"||- bgcolor=#C0C0C0 align=right|373.13 K||99.98 °C||211.97 °F||style="text-align:left"||-|380 K||107 °C||225 °F||style="text-align:left"||-|388 K||115 °C||239 °F||style="text-align:left"||-|400 K||127 °C||260 °F||style="text-align:left"||-|433.15 K||160 °C||320 °F||style="text-align:left"|}}|-|450 K||177 °C||350 °F||style="text-align:left"||-|453.15 K||180 °C||356 °F||style="text-align:left"||-|483 K||210 °C||410 °F||style="text-align:left"||-|491 K||218 °C||425 °F||style="text-align:left"||-|519 K||246 °C||475 °F||style="text-align:left"||-|522 K||249 °C||480 °F||style="text-align:left"||-|525 K||252 °C||485 °F||style="text-align:left"||-|538 K||265 °C||510 °F||style="text-align:left"||-|574.5875 K||301.4375 °C||574.5875 °F||style="text-align:left"||-|600.65 K||327.5 °C||621.5 °F||style="text-align:left"||-|647 K||374 °C||705 °F||style="text-align:left"||-|693 K||419 °C||787 °F||style="text-align:left"||-|723.15 K||450 °C||842 °F||style="text-align:left"||-|738 K||465 °C||870 °F||style="text-align:left"||-|749 K||476 °C||889 °F||style="text-align:left"||-|773.15 K||500 °C||932 °F||style="text-align:left"||-|798 K||525 °C||977 °F||style="text-align:left"||-|858 K||585 °C||1085 °F|| align="left" |Kindling point of hydrogen^[4] |-|933.47 K||660.32 °C||1220.58 °F||style="text-align:left"||-|1000 K||726.85 °C||1340.33 °F||style="text-align:left"||}

External links

• Online Temperature Conversion

Notes and References

1. Web site: Northern Hemisphere: Lowest Temperature. World Weather & Climate Extremes Archive . 2024-01-06 . World Meteorological Organization. en.
2. http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/the-coldest-places-on-earth Weather Underground – Coldest Places on Earth
3. Web site: Hottest Rain on Record? Rain Falls at 119°F in Imperial, California . 2024-07-26 . www.wunderground.com . en.
4. Web site: 2008 . Spontaneous ignition of hydrogen . Health and Safety Executive.