<p>If hot air rises due to convection, how does it get colder when we climb mountains?</p>

<p>After some research, I found out that atmospheric pressure affects the temperature of the surroundings. How does atmospheric pressure affect the surrounding temperature?</p>

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2018-05-08T13:49:13.780Z
See if the answers on [Physics SE: Why less temperature at high altitude?](https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/40949/why-less-temperature-at-high-altitude/40970) make sense.
JeopardyTempest
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2018-05-12T19:14:21.557Z
Welcome to Earth Science Stack Exchange! You will get higher quality answers if you ask reasonably specific questions after doing a reasonable amount of research. If you type your question into Google, you'll stuff [like this](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/if-heat-rises-why-does-th/) that should get you started.
Matt Hall
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2018-05-13T03:57:22.657Z
Technically atmospheric pressure doesn't affect temperature.  Changing atmospheric pressure affects temperature.
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Atmospheric pressure and heat convection
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# Atmospheric pressure and heat convection

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-05-08)

If hot air rises due to convection, how does it get colder when we climb mountains?

After some research, I found out that atmospheric pressure affects the temperature of the surroundings. How does atmospheric pressure affect the surrounding temperature?

**Tags:** convection

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: See if the answers on [Physics SE: Why less temperature at high altitude?](https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/40949/why-less-temperature-at-high-altitude/40970) make sense.  
> **username_2**: Welcome to Earth Science Stack Exchange! You will get higher quality answers if you ask reasonably specific questions after doing a reasonable amount of research. If you type your question into Google, you'll stuff [like this](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/if-heat-rises-why-does-th/) that should get you started.  
> **username_3**: Technically atmospheric pressure doesn't affect temperature.  Changing atmospheric pressure affects temperature.  

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