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Presumably, The Weather Girls recorded them with The Three Degrees and others (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

temperatures

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'the three degrees and others' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'presumably the weather girls recorded them' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
'them' could be 'em' (abbreviation) and 'em' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'with' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for temperatures that I've seen before include "Different degrees of heat" , "Ranges of heat" , "degree classifications" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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