Temperature indicating apparatus having a sensor for introduction into a region having a temperature to be measured. Circuitry responsive to the sensor supplies an electrical signal representative of the temperature in the region. A display provides a visual indication of the temperature in the region and includes a plurality of temperature indicators each of which represents a discrete temperature level. Circuitry responsive to the electrical signal selectively illuminates at any one time only that indicator which corresponds to the temperature represented by the electrical signal at that time.