Eli5: How does a thermometer on a car work?

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I can’t think of a location within the bodywork of a car that would provide accurate data considering wind-chill when it’s moving, excessive heat from either the engine, or stationary in the sun.

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It’s the air intake temperature sensor that provides the outdoor air temperature reading, it’s a probe sensor

The car for at least the last 25 years has pretty much always had the ability to use that figure because it’s needed to determine fuel mixture, it’s just only lately it has been added to a clock in the cabin

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