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How can I measure the sound intensity outside my house?

You can get cheap dB meters that will record sound levels to a file. I use this one, which costs ~€50. Because it's cheap, the software is not good (I had to change the Windows region/language setting …
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How do you convert sound decibel (dB) measurements to a common loudness scale?

The levels look to be about 100 dB too high, but that's easily ± 10 dB off, which is a large margin. At 'dead of night' you run into the noise floor of your cheap mic, but 25-30 dB is about right fo …
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