A temperature sensor assembly comprising: at least one temperature probe having a probe body and a temperature sensor and at least one conductor configured to provide a temperature signal indicative of a temperature over the at least one conductor; a wire set having at least one wire corresponding to each of the at least one conductor, the at least one wire having a first end and a second end, the first end of the at least one wire being coupled to the at least one conductor at a coupled portion; a transition component surrounding the coupled portion of the at least one conductor and the at least one wire of the wire set, the transition component including a grommet and a transition body, the grommet including at least one internal cavity dimensioned for receiving an end of one of the at least one conductor and for receiving the first end of the at least one wire of the wire set, and the transition body having a cavity substantially enclosing the grommet; a housing having an input configured to receive the second end of the at least one wire of the wire set; a circuit enclosed within the housing, the circuit being configured to receive the temperature signal from the temperature probe and generate the temperature characteristic in response to the received temperature signal, wherein the temperature probe is external to the housing, a mounting connector configured to be secured around the probe body and adapted to secure the temperature probe to a mounting assembly in an operating environment; the housing having an output for coupling to a temperature measurement system that is external to the housing and providing a temperature characteristic, and the transition component being external to the housing. at least one temperature probe having a probe body and a temperature sensor and at least one conductor configured to provide a temperature signal indicative of a temperature over the at least one conductor; a wire set having at least one wire corresponding to each of the at least one conductor, the at least one wire having a first end and a second end, the first end of the at least one wire being coupled to the at least one conductor at a coupled portion; a transition component surrounding the coupled portion of the at least one conductor and the at least one wire of the wire set, the transition component including a grommet and a transition body, the grommet including at least one internal cavity dimensioned for receiving an end of one of the at least one conductor and for receiving the first end of the at least one wire of the wire set, and the transition body having a cavity substantially enclosing the grommet; a housing having an input configured to receive the second end of the at least one wire of the wire set; a circuit enclosed within the housing, the circuit being configured to receive the temperature signal from the temperature probe and generate the temperature characteristic in response to the received temperature signal, wherein the temperature probe is external to the housing, a mounting connector configured to be secured around the probe body and adapted to secure the temperature probe to a mounting assembly in an operating environment; the housing having an output for coupling to a temperature measurement system that is external to the housing and providing a temperature characteristic, and the transition component being external to the housing.