{"id":6562,"date":"2018-04-18T15:11:12","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T19:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/?p=6562"},"modified":"2018-04-27T15:17:17","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T19:17:17","slug":"what-is-the-average-temperature-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/?p=6562","title":{"rendered":"What is the average temperature on earth?"},"content":{"rendered":"

ACROSS ALL TIMES, DAYS, AND PLACES
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We were up at Yale the other week guest lecturing for Shane Frederick, who always hits us up with trivia questions. Here’s one question he asked us:<\/p>\n

What’s the average temperature on the earth?<\/p>\n

That is, what’s the average surface temperature over all places on the earth (inhabited or not), over all times of day, over all days of the year. Roughly speaking, what’s the average value on a graph like this? [Y axis values are temperatures that we’ve hidden]<\/p>\n

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\nSpoiler alert: If you want to see the Y-axis values for the graph, click on it.\n<\/p>\n

As the average temperature is changing and fuzzy statistic, so we’ll accept a rough guess via a multiple choice item. <\/p>\n

Which of A – J represents the average surface temperature on the earth (in Fahrenheit)?
\nA) 36
\nB) 43
\nC) 50
\nD) 57
\nE) 64
\nF) 72
\nG) 79
\nH) 86
\nI) 93
\nJ) 100<\/p>\n

Or if you are more comfortable with Celsius:
\nA) 2
\nB) 6
\nC) 10
\nD) 14
\nE) 18
\nF) 22
\nG) 26
\nH) 30
\nI) 34
\nJ) 38<\/p>\n

Want the answer? Go to this page<\/a> and scroll down to the 2nd to last line, where it says “For the global mean, the most trusted models produce a value of roughly …”<\/p>\n

As insurance against that page moving, we’ll leave an Internet Archive link here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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