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Interesting bit of trivia: at -40 it's not necessary to specify C or F, that's the point where they're both the same. When I was a kid in the boy scouts, they
by mark-r 6y ago
Interesting bit of trivia: at -40 it's not necessary to specify C or F, that's the point where they're both the same.
When I was a kid in the boy scouts, they had an award they gave out when the total low (with wind chill) on the days you camped added up to -100F. I got the award one weekend - one day was -60, the other was -40.
- oh_sigh 6y agoIt is necessary to specify it because what happens if someone tells you it was -40 and then it got 1 degree warmer. How cold is it now?
- mark-r 6y agoObviously it's -39, and since -39C and -39F are different you'd now be required to specify. If you knew which scale the 1 degree was from it wouldn't be difficult.