We improve the usefulness of small (diameter < 10 mm) critical flow venturis (CFVs) as transfer standards for gas by measuring and explaining how their discharge coefficients depend on temperature T environment. At Reynolds numbers Re 2.5 × 105 (e.g., a 2 mm diameter throat; inlet air at 1 MPa), CFVs exhibit sensitivity to environmental approximately 0.02 % K−1 due biased measurements stagnatio...