40-degree

• “You climb to 35,000 feet, the cruising altitude of a jetliner, then go into a controlled 40-degree dive for about 30 seconds.”

  The Huffington Post: James M. Clash: Weightless Training Over Moscow

• “According to Capital Weather Gang's gardening meteorologist David Streit, soil temps have officially hit the 40-degree mark -- not exactly flip flop weather, but apparently the prime time to plant some seeds and watch them bloom.”

  The Washington Post: Spring planting tips from a gardening meteorologist

• “And here is an actual lilac bloom -- shivering its little petals off in this 40-degree weather, but blooming its heart out!”

  Bloomerang is still blooming « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog

• “Opening Day game, he saw the clusters of fans huddled by the players entrance in the rainy, 40-degree chill, waiting to wave him in.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Martin's First Real Day in Pinstripes

• “Behind plastic curtain-strip doors, workers in hairnets, smocks and surgical masks move with assembly-line efficiency in the 40-degree Fahrenheit room warm temperature affects the caviar's taste separating eggs from ovary, then washing, salting and tinning the caviar.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The Great California Caviar Rush

• “Earlier in the day, firefighters had sprayed the crowds with water from hoses in a bid to stave off the near 40-degree Celsius heat.”

  Voice of America: Pope Benedict Holds Huge Mass in Spain

• “Mr. Pierce also uses the Jacobs Ladder, a machine that looks like a ladder tilted at a 40-degree angle.”

  The Wall Street Journal: A Celtic to Fans: To Get in Shape, Know the Drills

• “But Miles noted that the certificate failed to mention that the old man had been stripped naked, continually soaked in cold water, and kept outside in 40-degree cold for three days before cardiac arrest.”

  Dear President Bush,

• “ANOTHER 'MEH' JOBS REPORT: 103K ADDED IN SEPTEMBER - In the immortal words of Stringer Bell, America's economy is having way too many 40-degree days.”

  The Huffington Post: HUFFPOST HILL - CBO Shocker: American Jobs Act *Won't* Ruthlessly Exterminate Small Woodland Creatures

• “I first met her in 1983, when we were both in Alice Springs, covering Charles and Di, who had taken their young son William to enjoy the 40-degree heat.”

  The Guardian: Simon Hoggart's week: Thinking aloud? Don't be an idiot

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