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Old 7th November 2001 | 17:44
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Megaton
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I think you may be confused. Presumably you're after the temp at altitude given sea level temp and assuming a standard atmosphere ie environmental lapse rate of 2 deg C/1000 ft. Thus if sea level temp is 15 deg C (standard atmosphere), temp at, for example, 7000 ft would be 15-(7*2)=1 dec C.
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