How far from a forest fire do you have to be for a daily temperature record to count?

Lawyerator@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 106 points –

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.