thermometers

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Two people in the area fainted as thermometers showed the temperature hitting 97 degrees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Since 1999, his role involves opening what is known as the Stevenson screen which holds sensitive thermometers, before noting down his readings for the day into the handwritten ledger.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2025

Forecasters say thermometers could climb to similar highs again in the coming days.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025

The outage in that state on Tuesday came during a heat wave in the Northeast that shot thermometers up above 90 degrees in Boston.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024

“Normal thermometers only read every two tenths. This one does it every tenth. Try it out. Put it in your mouth.”

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides