Cerys uses this property to hard ban things, so if when I set it on my planet it just banned a recipe from my surface as well. (roc did say that it will need to be updated)
And no, the base game absolutely uses pressure as a property marking surface temperature. (at least as one of the things that it means)
Aquillo, the coldest planet: 300
Fulgora, a little colder than Nauvis: 800
Nauvis: 1000
Gleba with the greenhouse effect: 2000
Vulcanus, clearly the hottest planet: 4000
It is not entirely arbitrary. There is also an in-game mechanic described by wube as "bots struggle in the cold", and that feature is tied to pressure and gravity. Those two alter the energy consumption of logistic and construction bots.