It seems that 98.6 is an overestimate for average human body temp. In 1992 they got a figure of 98.2: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1302471 —Dan ----- From: Andy Latto <andy.latto@pobox.com> On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 11:11 AM, Leo Broukhis <leobro@gmail.com> wrote:
This was converted from 37.0 Celsius.
Do you have a source for the value being given to three significant figures in Celsius? I looked online, and found "Normal body temperature is considered to be 37°C (98.6°F); however, a wide variation is seen. Among normal individuals, mean daily temperature can differ by 0.5°C (0.9°F), and daily variations can be as much as 0.25 to 0.5°C" on the NIH site at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK331/, quoted from "Clinical Methods: The History, Physical, and Laboratory Examinations. 3rd edition.". If it varies among individuals by .5 decrees C, and daily variations can be as much as .5 degrees C, 37 seems a better description than 37.0 -----