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by hhlbf 1774 days ago
Nice, you could boil a cup of water for your tea just by putting it outside.
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Not even half way to boiling really. Although it refers to Europe, it is using farenheit as its scale, as it is a US based publication.

Although for that reason temperature measurements should always include the type for reference.

Even with Celsius, perhaps not impossible at the right altitude, low convection, and with a dark color for better radiative absorption.
"Halfway" from where?
It's an important point that multiplying and dividing temperatures in F or C makes no sense. Some people are somehow assuming half way from freezing which is arbitrary. Would a F user assume it means half way from 32F or 0F?
Halfway from 0°C, the freezing point of water.
Freezing (0C). Halfway through the liquid phase of water. Seems like an at-least-somewhat reasonable starting point.
It also depends on the altitude. At a high enough altitude it would be boiling.
0? To 100?
Hopefully that's a record in Fahrenheit...
Maybe convert from Fahrenheit to Celsius?
Pfft, just step outside and you'll never have to worry about tea for the rest of your life!
Maybe, with the right lens...