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I doubt it's relevant. IIRC, Magneton's entry mentions a whole city block or so.Charmeleon:
Red/LeafGreen/Y: When it swings its burning tail, it elevates the temperature to unbearably high levels.
Again, unsure what this would exactly yield but it should be presumably comparable to Magneton who does the same thing, which yielded 8-A
To Charmeleon's credit, it's SLIGHTLY unclear what thing's temperature is being raised to unbearably high levels? For example, Charmeleon's own body temperature? The body temperature of the tail swing attack's victim? The temperature of the ambient air? In what range?
If it's for the air, we'd need to assume a minimum range since none is specified.
I highly encourage seeking out the Japanese version of this Pokedex entry (Ideally with scans.) in the hopes it may clarify, in case the ambiguity is problematic for some folks.
That said, it's unclear if it'll be worthwhile, depending on what minimum range we assume, but keep in mind if they say "unbearably high levels". If this is meant to be interpreted from a human perspective, then it means:
A. Heats the air to a temperature humans find uncomfortable.
B. Heats the human to a temperature humans find uncomfortable as a result of the temperature change; Heat transfers into things from the environment, including into humans.
Charmeleon is likely found outdoors [citation needed], although it may also be able to do that indoors, but even using average temperatures & assuming Japan (Or whichever IRL equivalent for the region that Pokedex entry is from.), we'd need to get an average that works regardless of season/time if we're assuming outdoors.
Room temperature is 20 Celsius or 68 Fahrenheit.
Alternatively, there's the average human body temperature:
The average body temperature is 98.6 F (37 C). But normal body temperature can range between 97 F (36.1 C) and 99 F (37.2 C) or more. Your body temperature can vary depending on how active you are or the time of day. Generally, older people have lower body temperatures than younger people have.
Doing some simple Googling about what temperatures human can handle:
In the range of 90˚ and 105˚F (32˚ and 40˚C), you can experience heat cramps and exhaustion. Between 105˚ and 130˚F (40˚ and 54˚C), heat exhaustion is more likely. You should limit your activities at this range. An environmental temperature over 130˚F (54˚C) often leads to heatstroke.
It is commonly held that the maximum temperature at which humans can survive is 108.14-degree Fahrenheit or 42.3-degree Celsius. A higher temperature may denature proteins and cause irreparable damage to brain.
So depending on if we assume it's increasing a human's body temperature or increasing a temperature from room temperature (Which humans find comfortable.), it could be an increase of as little as 6 degrees fahrenheit/2.8 degrees celsius (In a much smaller area than Magneton's city block area.), or as much as 62 degrees fahrenheit/34 degrees celsius.
....Fitting, that much like Charmeleon itself, the results of this seem like they could be rather volatile.