How hot can the inside of a car get in 10 minutes? (2024)

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- We've all heard the devastating stories about children dying after they've been left inside a parked car on a hot day.

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According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 700 children left in cars died from heatstroke from 1998 to 2016. And of those deaths, 376 were children "forgotten" by a caregiver.

But, researchers at Stanford say that "even on a relatively cool day, the temperature inside a parked car can quickly spike to life-threatening levels if the sun is out."

Here's a look at just how hot it can get:

• When it's 70 degrees outside it can get to 89 degrees inside after 10 minutes and 104 after 30 minutes
• When it's 75 degrees outside it can get to 94 degrees inside after 10 minutes and 109 after 30 minutes
• When it's 80 degrees outside it can get to 99 degrees inside after 10 minutes and 114 after 30 minutes
• When it's 85 degrees outside it can get to 104 degrees inside after 10 minutes and 119 after 30 minutes
• When it's 90 degrees outside it can get to 109 degrees inside after 10 minutes and 124 after 30 minutes
• When it's 95 degrees outside it can get to 114 degrees inside after 10 minutes and 129 after 30 minutes

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