Talk:Freezing level

freezing point of water

I quote, from the Celsius article accessed 2011/02/06 12:42 GMT+0, "the actual melting point of ice is very slightly (less than a thousandth of a degree) below 0 °C". It seems well established that 0°C should be considered the melting point of ice, yet this article claims 0°C to be the freezing point of water. Although this description avoids confusion, given the title of the article as the "Freezing level", it is wrong. Surely this should be corrected with a small summary of the history of 0°C?

R.bares (talk) 12:47, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

I take that back, having seen the paper doi:10.1063/1.2183324 referenced in the article Melting Point. In 2006 the authors measured the melting point as 0.002519 +/- 0.000002 degrees C R.bares (talk) 13:14, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Why does the main article not include freezing point equivalence in degrees Fahrenheit? After all, over 300 million people in the US use this standard, plus tens of millions of others in other parts of the world. Merlin1935 (talk) 04:38, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

incredibly poor article

• No references except "The Mountain Manual, Seuil, 200" (???) since article creation in 2006- any editor since has obviously added tehir own rant !
• no definition in body- merely measurement of atmospheric temp
• no historical changes mentioned- locational only
• title is imprecise: freezing level height is the correct term- freezing level is abbreviated and can be confused with freezing point. Suggest renaming.

Wuerzele (talk) 08:51, 12 August 2025 (UTC)