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1.1 C = around 39 F The world temp has gone up 39 degrees? That is much higher than I thought. That couldn't be right? I'm tired today.
by hellbannedguy 5y ago
1.1 C = around 39 F
The world temp has gone up 39 degrees? That is much higher than I thought.
That couldn't be right?
I'm tired today.
- ceejayoz 5y agoThat's not how it works. A rise of 1.1 degrees C corresponds to a rise of 1.98 degrees F.
- mdp2021 5y agoYou have read the scale¹ instead of interpreting the value as a delta, a step, a degree. ¹(1.1°C above freezing reread in °F - 39°F - which means "the difference between a temperature almost never reached in Denmark and freezing water, plus 1.1°C".) The Celsius scale uses 0 for "freezing water" and 100 for "boiling water". Fahrenheit uses 32 for "freezing water" and 100 for "body temperature". (The "32" comes from interpolating Rømer's scale, and 0 is somehow "the minimum temperature ever one expected in Denmark".) The single degree (step) is halfish/doublish that of the other scale: C = (5/9)F (from freeze to body temperature it's ~37 steps in °C and ~68 in °F). And there is an offset of 32.