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Fahrenheit is easy if you just forget trying to translate it to Celsius and just equate it to roughly: - 0 = freezing - 50 = mild - 100 = Very hot (not burni

Fahrenheit is easy if you just forget trying to translate it to Celsius and just equate it to roughly: - 0 = freezing - 50 = mild - 100 = Very hot (not burning just very hot)

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stephen_g 1y ago
Yeah but Fahrenheit still feels super alien and unintuitive if you haven’t used it much. I have like three or four approximate values that I think I know what they feel like, but most of the time I really have to stop and think.
- anton-c 1y ago
  For casual human use I would say Fahrenheit is one of the more easily defended imperial units since it has more resolution. In reality hearing its 80 outside where I live could mean beautiful day or sweltering mugginess so it's never been a great indicator for me regardless of unit. Or when people adjust a thermostat by like 2 degrees. If you changed it and didn't tell me idk if I would even perceive it. Temperature is weird.
  - eCa 1y ago
    We Celsius users use decimals if we need higher resolution.
    - anton-c 1y ago
      That's fair. When I put "I would say" followed by "in reality" it means I don't fully support it. The previous comment said they don't find F that useful since they aren't familiar. I am, and I dont find it that useful for predicting how it actually feels outside. Celsius doesn't change much for me in that situation.
  - Chico75 1y ago
    The resolution part doesn't really hold for me, celsius can have decimals to have as much precision as you need but for weather purpose, half degree precision is usually more than enough.
  - igouy 1y ago
    https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-that-use-fahrenheit https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries...
  - igouy 1y ago
    "… the US National Weather Service (NWS) uses the Celsius scale internally and when communicating with other scientific agencies, but converts temperatures to Fahrenheit when releasing data to the general public." Kind-of funny; kind-of sad. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-that-use-fahrenheit https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries...
    - jbaber 1y ago
      What's sad about scientists reporting in units practical for their audience? Should the label on a cookie say 836,800 J?
      - mbs159 1y ago
        Of course not, you'd have to label as 837 kJ
brudgers 1y ago
0 = freezing “Frigid” would perhaps be less confusing “Freezing.”
- toss1 1y ago
  ...except 0°C is literally originally defined as the freezing point of water? "Freezing" seems more on-point to me...
  - filleduchaos 1y ago
    The temperatures given in that comment are very obviously in Fahrenheit...?
    - toss1 1y ago
      oh, OOPS, I didn't look at the GP In that case, I stand corrected, and 0°F should definitely be "Frigid" nto "Freezing" (thx for the alert)
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0_____0 1y ago
If you go for a run at 0C with a T-shirt you'll probably be OK. Gloves and ear coverings would be nice. If you go for a run at 0F in a T-shirt, you won't be running for very long. That's like -18C.
Breza 1y ago
That's a great way to look at it. Fahrenheit is arguably aligned with how people perceive temperature. Zero is so cold that you probably should stay inside. One hundred is so hot that you should probably stay inside.

Fahrenheit is easy if you just forget trying to translate it to Celsius and just equate it to roughly: - 0 = freezing - 50 = mild - 100 = Very hot (not burning just very hot)

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stephen_g 1y ago

Yeah but Fahrenheit still feels super alien and unintuitive if you haven’t used it much. I have like three or four approximate values that I think I know what they feel like, but most of the time I really have to stop and think.

anton-c 1y ago
For casual human use I would say Fahrenheit is one of the more easily defended imperial units since it has more resolution. In reality hearing its 80 outside where I live could mean beautiful day or sweltering mugginess so it's never been a great indicator for me regardless of unit. Or when people adjust a thermostat by like 2 degrees. If you changed it and didn't tell me idk if I would even perceive it. Temperature is weird.
- eCa 1y ago
  We Celsius users use decimals if we need higher resolution.
  - anton-c 1y ago
    That's fair. When I put "I would say" followed by "in reality" it means I don't fully support it. The previous comment said they don't find F that useful since they aren't familiar. I am, and I dont find it that useful for predicting how it actually feels outside. Celsius doesn't change much for me in that situation.
- Chico75 1y ago
  The resolution part doesn't really hold for me, celsius can have decimals to have as much precision as you need but for weather purpose, half degree precision is usually more than enough.
- igouy 1y ago
  https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-that-use-fahrenheit https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries...
- igouy 1y ago
  "… the US National Weather Service (NWS) uses the Celsius scale internally and when communicating with other scientific agencies, but converts temperatures to Fahrenheit when releasing data to the general public." Kind-of funny; kind-of sad. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-that-use-fahrenheit https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries...
  - jbaber 1y ago
    What's sad about scientists reporting in units practical for their audience? Should the label on a cookie say 836,800 J?
    - mbs159 1y ago
      Of course not, you'd have to label as 837 kJ

brudgers 1y ago

0 = freezing “Frigid” would perhaps be less confusing “Freezing.”

toss1 1y ago
...except 0°C is literally originally defined as the freezing point of water? "Freezing" seems more on-point to me...
- filleduchaos 1y ago
  The temperatures given in that comment are very obviously in Fahrenheit...?
  - toss1 1y ago
    oh, OOPS, I didn't look at the GP In that case, I stand corrected, and 0°F should definitely be "Frigid" nto "Freezing" (thx for the alert)
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0_____0 1y ago

If you go for a run at 0C with a T-shirt you'll probably be OK. Gloves and ear coverings would be nice. If you go for a run at 0F in a T-shirt, you won't be running for very long. That's like -18C.

Breza 1y ago

That's a great way to look at it. Fahrenheit is arguably aligned with how people perceive temperature. Zero is so cold that you probably should stay inside. One hundred is so hot that you should probably stay inside.