Potential temperature

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Potential temperature

Quality:

Potential temperature - temperature that a fluid would attain if adiabatically brought to a standard reference pressure. Article “Potential temperature” in English Wikipedia has 29.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 8 references and 10 sections.

This article has the best quality in Catalan Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Potential temperature”, its content was written by 46 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 218 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 135 times in English Wikipedia and cited 489 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #32628 in September 2005
  • Global: #32225 in January 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #224545 in October 2009
  • Global: #244819 in October 2009

There are 17 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Catalan (ca)
Temperatura potencial
30.0288
2English (en)
Potential temperature
29.0585
3French (fr)
Température potentielle
24.967
4Korean (ko)
온위
23.9607
5Japanese (ja)
温位
22.8307
6Hebrew (he)
טמפרטורה פוטנציאלית
20.7371
7Portuguese (pt)
Temperatura potencial
14.4602
8Finnish (fi)
Potentiaalilämpötila
9.0724
9Italian (it)
Temperatura potenziale
8.4358
10German (de)
Potentielle Temperatur
8.3962
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Potential temperature" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Potential temperature
521 733
2German (de)
Potentielle Temperatur
101 020
3Japanese (ja)
温位
83 837
4Spanish (es)
Temperatura potencial
55 549
5Chinese (zh)
位溫
47 038
6French (fr)
Température potentielle
44 796
7Italian (it)
Temperatura potenziale
26 332
8Russian (ru)
Потенциальная температура
18 960
9Polish (pl)
Temperatura potencjalna
16 561
10Dutch (nl)
Potentiële temperatuur
7 944
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Potential temperature" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Potential temperature
758
2German (de)
Potentielle Temperatur
178
3French (fr)
Température potentielle
118
4Japanese (ja)
温位
115
5Chinese (zh)
位溫
112
6Spanish (es)
Temperatura potencial
70
7Italian (it)
Temperatura potenziale
28
8Korean (ko)
온위
22
9Polish (pl)
Temperatura potencjalna
13
10Russian (ru)
Потенциальная температура
13
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Potential temperature" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Potential temperature
46
2German (de)
Potentielle Temperatur
44
3French (fr)
Température potentielle
34
4Italian (it)
Temperatura potenziale
23
5Spanish (es)
Temperatura potencial
14
6Hebrew (he)
טמפרטורה פוטנציאלית
14
7Polish (pl)
Temperatura potencjalna
10
8Japanese (ja)
温位
6
9Dutch (nl)
Potentiële temperatuur
6
10Russian (ru)
Потенциальная температура
5
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "Potential temperature" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Catalan (ca)
Temperatura potencial
1
2German (de)
Potentielle Temperatur
0
3English (en)
Potential temperature
0
4Spanish (es)
Temperatura potencial
0
5Finnish (fi)
Potentiaalilämpötila
0
6French (fr)
Température potentielle
0
7Hebrew (he)
טמפרטורה פוטנציאלית
0
8Italian (it)
Temperatura potenziale
0
9Japanese (ja)
温位
0
10Korean (ko)
온위
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Potential temperature" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Potential temperature
135
2French (fr)
Température potentielle
128
3Japanese (ja)
温位
64
4Chinese (zh)
位溫
57
5German (de)
Potentielle Temperatur
22
6Italian (it)
Temperatura potenziale
14
7Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Potensiell temperatur
12
8Spanish (es)
Temperatura potencial
9
9Hebrew (he)
טמפרטורה פוטנציאלית
9
10Norwegian (no)
Potensiell temperatur
8
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
caCatalan
Temperatura potencial
deGerman
Potentielle Temperatur
enEnglish
Potential temperature
esSpanish
Temperatura potencial
fiFinnish
Potentiaalilämpötila
frFrench
Température potentielle
heHebrew
טמפרטורה פוטנציאלית
itItalian
Temperatura potenziale
jaJapanese
温位
koKorean
온위
nlDutch
Potentiële temperatuur
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Potensiell temperatur
noNorwegian
Potensiell temperatur
plPolish
Temperatura potencjalna
ptPortuguese
Temperatura potencial
ruRussian
Потенциальная температура
zhChinese
位溫

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#224545
10.2009
Global:
#244819
10.2009

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#32628
09.2005
Global:
#32225
01.2005

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Potential temperature from Wikipedia articles about Brunt–Väisälä frequency, Equivalent potential temperature, Isentropic process, Virtual temperature and Monin–Obukhov length. Whereas reading the article about Potential temperature people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Adiabatic process, Equivalent potential temperature, Specific heat capacity, Brunt–Väisälä frequency and Molar gas constant.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

ja: 温位
zh: 位溫
ko: 온위

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