thermometer

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Forecasters are expecting the thermometer to reach 89 degrees in Burbank, breaking a 40-year-old record of 86 degrees that was set in 1986, Hall said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

"How pitiful," he said, lowering a thermometer into the water.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

A separate yellow warning for low temperatures and ice has been issued for a wide area, with the thermometer expected to drop to between -2C and -4C.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026

With QGP reaching temperatures of several trillion Kelvins, the challenge was to find a "thermometer" capable of observing it without interference.

From Science Daily • Oct. 29, 2025

He reached inside and took out a glass thing—a sort of tube with a metal rod in it, like a big thermometer.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien