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Hot in Parts of the West; Cold Blast Coming to the Central U.S.

Hot to extremely hot temperatures are in place much of this week across parts of California and the interior Northwest U.S. A blast of cold air will drop across the central and eastern U.S. later this week bringing below to well below normal temperatures. Read More >

Density Altitude

by Tim Brice and Todd Hall

 

 
 
 
Enter the air temperature and choose a unit: Density Altitude in feet:
Fahrenheit Celsius Kelvin ft
Enter the actual station pressure (not the altimeter setting) and choose a unit: Density Altitude in meters:
in of mercury mm of mercury millibars (hPA) m
Enter the dewpoint and choose a unit:  
Fahrenheit Celsius Kelvin  

 

What is the formula for the density altitude script?