Maximum temperature

Maximum Temperature
This is the highest temperature recorded during a specified period of time. Common time periods include 6, 12 and 24 hours. The most common reference is to the daily maximum temperature, or "high." ...

Maximum Temperature
Highest temperature attained during a specific time interval e.g., a day.

Maximum Temperature- The highest temperature during a specified time period.

Daily maximum temperature
In Australia the maximum temperature recorded for a given day represents the highest temperature recorded in the 24 hours between 9am on that day and 9am the following day.

daily maximum temperature"Maximum temperature in the course of a continuous time interval of 24 hours (usually midnight to midnight local time).

"Day by day maximum temperatures at Marble Bar over the period 31 October 1923 to 7 April 1924. At the peak of the heatwave - between late December and late February - many days approached or exceeded 45°C".

It has been used historically to refer to a defective mercury thermometer used for recording the maximum temperature.

Maximum Thermometer - a thermometer designed to register the maximum temperature during a given interval of time (generally a day) ...

Daily maximum temperature observations often refer to the 06.00-18.00 (local time) span. That is the case, again, in the United Kingdom. Daily precipitation observations often refer to the 06.00-06.00 local time span.

Browse Related Terms: anomaly, Diurnal Temperature Range, Maximum Temperature, Mean Annual Temperature, Mean Daily Temperature, Minimum Temperature, MINT, Sea Surface Temperatures, Thermistor, Weather, Wet-Bulb Temperature ...

Minimum temperatures less than 50oF are set to 50, and maximum temperatures greater than 86oF are set to 86. These substitutions indicate that no appreciable growth is detected with temperatures lower than 50 or greater than 86.

Such a thermometer will indicate a maximum temperature that is too low. Reversing thermometer A mercury-in-glass thermometer which records the temperature upon being inverted and retains its reading until being returned to the first position.

See also: Maximum, Temperature, Pressure, Period, Meteor