Fitbit Sense skin temperature

[Denitra]

I got my Sense for Christmas. Today was the first day I had enough data to show my skin temperature. Apparently it is -1.5 degrees Fahrenheit.  Am I misreading something?  I really don’t think I should be frozen...

[JohnnyRow]

If you look carefully, I think you will see it says "below baseline".  The first few days it was establishing your baseline.  Now it reports skin temp relative to your baseline.

[Denitra]

If that is the case, where do I see my baseline?  

[JohnnyRow]

Fitbit doesn't tell you what your baseline temp is;  you can see how your skin temp varies and is trending, but not the actual values.

Also note this is not internal temperature, like what you would measure for a fever, so, for me at least, knowing my actual skin temp would have no meaning.

[Denitra]

So, that means this does not do what I thought it did and is pretty useless to me...

Also, skin surface temp is usually 2-3 degrees (F) lower than internal temp. example, my internal temp stays around 98 degrees F (my temp is lower than most) My skin temp is typically 95-96 degrees F. 

[JohnnyRow]

Here is more on temp tracking, with sections on core temp and skin temp.

How can Fitbit help me track my temperature? 

[BlackBacardi]

Haha, maybe you had some hand cream or something on there that messed with the temperature reading. Had something similar happen after I tried some creams from https://shopmaryann.com/ on my hand to see how the blending is and forgot to wipe it off. The watch reading was super off after that and I couldn't figure out why for a long time.