A weekly average temperature, like average temperatures for other periods of time, is calculated by determining the arithmetic average temperature using the daily highs and lows for each of the seven ...

During the recent cold spell, I noticed many references to the “average temperature.” How is that number calculated? Is it the average of each of the day’s 24-hour temperatures? Dear Richard, It is ...

The new climate normals have been released from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Climate normals are updated every ten years and used by meteorologists to find the average ...

For decades, 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit has been the widely accepted “normal” average temperature for the human body. But new research adds to the growing body of evidence that humans actually run a bit ...

98.6. Why does that number ring a bell? For years, the figure has held an important place in hospital rooms and physiology textbooks: 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (37 degrees Celsius) is widely considered ...