---
name: "ambientTemperature"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["Environment"]
arma3_since: "2.06"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ambientTemperature
revid: 347561
updated: 2023-09-28T09:49:53Z
---

# ambientTemperature

*Command · Environment · Arma 3 v2.06*

## Description

Returns ambient temperature on the current terrain in Celsius in format: [airTemperature, blackSurfaceTemperature, whiteSurfaceTemperature]

## Syntax

```sqf
ambientTemperature
```

**Returns:** [Array](../topics/Array.md) of [Number](../topics/Number.md)s in format [airTemperature, blackSurfaceTemperature, whiteSurfaceTemperature]

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
private _airTemp = ambientTemperature select 0;
```

## See also

[forceWeatherChange](../commands/forceWeatherChange.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — ambientTemperature](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ambientTemperature) (revision 347561).</sub>