What is warm? Warm weather is often up to about 20°C. Hot weather is above 20°C. Warm water is warm enough to keep a hand in, perhaps about 30-40°C. Hot water is between this and boiling point.

Warm

Warm weather on the ebach at Rio de Janeiro.

Warm is a word used to tell something about our sense of temperature. There is no particular numbers that can be used for warm, and warm means different things to different people.

Warm is often thought of as a comfortable temperature. In terms of air temperature, this is somewhere around 21°C, and is the temperature central heating systems are set at.

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