Raisin wrote: »

I was actually thinking about units of measurements in TES lore recently, and I don't recall any ever being mentioned. I think there's sometimes colorful comparisons used for length for example, but those seem more like colloquial, regional turns of phrase.

I will say Alik'r seems fairly windy in the open plains sections, so that's nice. Don't go barefoot.

Cygemai_Hlervu wrote: »

Climate of Hammerfell - "Not that there was much reference to it historically. It was desolation, a wasteland where hot winds blew over burning rock, and the only feet that walked the sands belonged to monsters.";
Climate of Alik'r (arguable source) - "First, it's important to cover yourself fully to avoid painful burning from the sun. Even the back of the neck and top of the head must be covered. I strongly recommend that you purchase one of the typical leather armors worn by Redguards. The cloth components breathe surprisingly well, and the leather plates offer excellent lightweight protection. Consider a covering for the mouth, as sandstorms are common, and breathing in grit is rather unpleasant".

Some links on the measurements:
Pertans and angaids - "Orcs are thankfully easy to recognize from other humanoids by their size -- commonly forty pertans in height and fifteen thousand angaids in weight -- their brutal pig-like features, and their stench";
Meters - "Burlap targets were arranged around in a semi-circle, several meters apart, like sentinels";
Grams - "It is said the number is the number of birds that can nest in an ancient tibrol tree, less three grams of honest work, but Vivec in his later years found a better one and so gave this secret to his people";
Acres - "A vast arbor of golden apples stretched acre after acre near the castle walls";
Quart - "While I was walking in the woods, some of them broke into my laboratory and spilled the solution I was preparing -- nearly a full quart of purified imp gall wasted!";
Ounces - "2 1/2 Ounces Cow's Cheese, 1 Ounce Butter, 1 Ounce Flour, 9 Ounces Milk", "2 1/2 Ounces Butter";
Minutes - "Keep sealed for 25 minutes, or your scrumptious suns will rise, only to fall down flat into the oven's abyss";
Inches - "Inch by inch, until the snarling draugrs around me seemed to tire of fending off my timid presence";
Drams - "It took Thaurbad the rest of the day and fifteen drams of the stoutest mead to recover.";
Measure (temperature) - "But if the kagouti is standing in a pool, and a wizard slowly raises the temperature, measure by measure, to boiling, the kagouti will calmly stand in place until he is boiled.";
Dzum - ""Hold on a dzum," the engineer said, raising a hand while he looked more closely at the gleaming device.";
Yards - "12 yards of flesh (before cutting)";
Yards - "I don't like to brag, but I once took down a bear at three hundred yards. In a blizzard.";
Miles - "On a clear day (an exceedingly rare event), the peak can be seen from Almalexia, 250 miles to the south";
Walks-Many-Leagues, Leagues - "This place's forbidding black towers are visible for leagues, even through Rivenspire's drifting mists";
Pounds and gallons - "16 pounds pure appleblossom honey, 5 gallons spring water".