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I know what the temperature is at a specific height, and I know the air pressure there. Is it possible to estimate the temperature at a different height?

(It's a public weather station, it has an API, and I'm attempting to guesstimate the temperature at my house :)

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The temperature drop in the atmosphere (more precisely the troposphere) is approx 10 K per km (when assuming a dry atmosphere, and about 7 K for the average atmosphere, see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapse_rate), which is known as the lapse rate. However, in the stratosphere the temperature will rise again as a function of UV absorption at ozone.

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  • $\begingroup$ Thank you! :) Exactly what I was looking for. $\endgroup$
    – HelloWorld
    Commented May 15, 2021 at 22:06

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