# Temp. of our gases

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 9, 2001, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temp-of-our-gases/71774 "2001-07-09T04:17:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![HurleyParks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@HurleyParks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurleyParks)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temp-of-our-gases/71774/1 "2001-07-09T04:17:37Z")

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Does anyone know the exact temperature of a normal persons fart?

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**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temp-of-our-gases/71774/2 "2001-07-09T04:30:45Z")

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I don’t think I’m going too far out on a limb to say that anything originating inside the body should come out at the core temperature of the body. That would be 98.6 F (37 C, I think).

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temp-of-our-gases/71774/3 "2001-07-09T04:32:46Z")

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I don’t know if the research has been done; a WAG would be pretty damn close to 98.6º unless you light it.