Room temperature

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Colloquially, room temperature is the range of air temperatures that people prefer for indoor settings, which feel comfortable when wearing typical indoor clothing. As a medical definition, the range generally considered to be suitable for human occupancy is between 10 °C (50 °F) and 17 °C (63 °F), though human comfort can extend somewhat beyond this range depending on factors such as humidity and air circulation. In certain fields, like science and engineering, and within a particular context, "room temperature" can have varying agreed upon values for temperature.

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Comfort levels

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language identifies room temperature as around 20 to 22 °C (68 to 72 °F).

Owing to variations in humidity and likely clothing, recommendations for summer and winter may vary; a suggested typical range for summer is 23 to 25.5 °C (73 to 78 °F), with that for winter being 20 to 23.5 °C (68 to 74 °F), although by other considerations the maximum should be below 24 °C (75 °F) - and for sick building syndrome avoidance, below 22 °C (72 °F).

According to the West Midlands Public Health Observatory (UK), an adequate standard of warmth is 21 °C (70 °F) for a living room, and 18 °C (64 °F) for other occupied rooms. Levels below this may contribute to cardiovascular disease and other health problems, with an increased mortality rate below 20 °C (68 °F). 24 °C (75 °F) is given as the top range for comfort for sedentary adults.

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Ambient versus room temperature

Ambient temperature simply means "the temperature of the surrounding air"; in a room it is the temperature of the air in that room. Room temperature is not necessarily the same as the temperature of the air in a room. If a room is uncomfortably cool or warm, then the ambient temperature is significantly lower or higher than room temperature.

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Serving temperature of red wine

A common piece of advice is to serve red wine "at room temperature". This advice stems from a time from before central heating, when room temperature in wine-drinking countries was considerably lower than it is today, usually in the range between 15 °C (59 °F) and 18 °C (64 °F). The advice is therefore to serve the wine at, at most, about 18 °C (64 °F).

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See also

• Standard conditions for temperature and pressure
• ISO 1

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References

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