For 1000 ft in elevation how much does the temperature change?

Subject: For 1000 ft in elevation how much does the temperature change?

Date: Sat Dec 1 07:46:00 2001
Posted by Logan
Grade level: 7-9 School: Home School
City: Darlington State/Province: South Carolina Country: US
Area of science: Earth Sciences
ID: 1007210760.Es

Message:


I have found a lot of places that say temperature in the mountains changes 
based on elevation.  They explain that this is due to the changes in air 
pressure but none of them tell me how much it changes in degrees of temperature.

Re: For 1000 ft in elevation how much does the temperature change?

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