How far from a forest fire do you have to be for a daily temperature record to count?
How far from a forest fire do you have to be for a daily temperature record to count?
There have been some impressive (and scary) temperature records set in the past couple weeks. That said, there are parts of Canada that are currently on fire that likely have a daily temperature in the hundreds of degrees. Clearly that doesn't count for any sort of temperature record. What I'm wondering is: where's the dividing line? How far away from a big fire do you have to be to record a valid daily temperature?
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Approximately two
This is the correct answer.
The dividing line is 2. You must be 2 away from a big fire.
Yes. 2 is it.
2 is really important because of the inverse square law. At a distance of 2, the power level you’re feeling is 1/4. However if you were using different units and were, by those units, 3 from your power source what you’d be feeling would be multiplied by 1/9.
Don't forget the number of pollutions is also a factor.
3 pollutions to be exact.
Shit, I knew it!
Formula: 2 away + 3 pollutions = counts