Being able to check the temperature of a room is usually as simple as taking a peek at the thermostat. What are you supposed to do if there is no thermostat or thermometer around that you can use, though? In this situation, is it even possible to check the temperature? If you know a few handy tricks, you’ll be able to determine or estimate what the temperature in the room is even if you don’t have a thermometer around.
I’m going to go over a few different methods for checking the room temperature without using a thermometer. All of these methods are very practical and they’re things that anybody will be able to do. Once you’ve learned these little tricks, you’ll be a bit less reliant on thermometers than you were before. Read on to get all of the details and you’ll be prepared to check the room temperature in no time.
Use Your Smartphone
You can actually use your smartphone in order to determine the temperature in the room. It might not give you data that is as exact as a high-end thermometer but it’s possible to tell the temperature in the room using the data that the smartphone is able to collect. There are actually a large number of different smartphone apps on the market that are capable of functioning as rudimentary thermometers. You could argue that this is just using a thermometer to check the temperature but I think that it still counts.
People don’t carry thermometers with them everywhere that they go. Most people in modern society do carry smartphones with them everywhere, though. If you want a practical way to tell the temperature in a room, then all you have to do is take a look inside your pocket. You’re going to be able to pull out your smartphone and download an app that will give you the basic information that you need.
These thermometer apps should be free on most of the smartphone marketplaces. Using the data that you obtain should be simple. Just understand that some apps will work better than others and that you might not get data that is as completely accurate as a normal thermometer would be. It’s going to give you a good idea of what the temperature is in the room and you’ll be able to decide what to do from there.
Use Your Body
Using your body is really going to be the most practical way to give yourself a rough idea of what the temperature is in a room. If you would consider room temperature to be around 71 degrees Fahrenheit, then you should consider that as the comfortable standard. If you’re feeling just a bit chilly, then it might be slightly below room temperature in the room. When you’re feeling very cold, then you know that it’s pretty far below room temperature.
Do you know how hot it needs to be for you to start sweating? This is a personal question and some people might be more sensitive to heat than others. If you start sweating once it’s 80 degrees Fahrenheit or hotter, then this could be an indicator that it’s getting pretty hot in the room.
Basically, you’re going to want to use your natural senses in order to give yourself a rough idea of the temperature based on how you feel during certain temperature settings.
It isn’t really possible to get an accurate measurement of the temperature in a room without having a thermometer. Anyone who tells you otherwise isn’t really being truthful. Your body can give you data about how hot or cold it is if you’re willing to listen to it. Sometimes the best thing to do is to simply pay attention to your senses.
Build a Thermometer
It’s technically possible to build a thermometer yourself if you have the right skills. This isn’t very practical and it would not really be that useful indoors. If you were out camping, you could use water and a container of some kind to create a sort of thermometer. You know that water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit so this can help you to tell if it gets cold.
There are complex homemade thermometer designs that you could consider such as a Galileo thermometer. This is a tube that makes use of water and floating weighted orbs. Basically, there are ways to create thermometers to give yourself some temperature data. It’s just not really a practical idea for most people and not everyone will be able to do this to get the nuanced data that they need.
In Conclusion
The most practical thing to do when you don’t have a thermometer handy is to simply use your body to your advantage. You’ll be able to get a general idea of how hot or cold it is in a room by just using your natural senses.
If you want more data than this, then using your smartphone to download a thermometer app is going to be a good idea. Building a thermometer is possible but it isn’t exactly practical in an indoor environment.
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