How It's Used

"The fact that the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere is at millions of degrees while the temperature of the underlying photosphere is only 6,000 kelvins (degrees C. above absolute zero) is quite nonintuitive. One would have expected a gradual cooling as one moves away from the central heat source."

—David Van Blerkom, "I read that the sun's surface temperature is about 6,000 degrees Celsius but that the corona—the sun's atmosphere—is much hotter, millions of degrees. How does all that energy get into the corona without heating up the surface?" Scientific American, October 21, 1999.

"The capital [New Dehli] has sweltered under intense heat for weeks though, having endured temperatures of around 45C last week, dust storms and scattered rain brought some relief over the weekend. The new air-conditioned metro has seen record numbers of passengers as travellers abandon buses, taxis and auto rickshaws."

—Jason Burke, “Hundreds die in Indian heatwave: Death toll expected to rise as India faces record temperatures of up to 122F in hottest summer on record,” The Guardian (UK), May 30, 2010.

Also Known As (AKA)

Centigrade

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F (Fahrenheit)
K (Kelvin)

Beyond eAlmanac
Wikipedia article on Celsuis