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I live in the north of England where temperature varies from 38F in Jan to 57F in August. It's pretty chilly for me, so I tend to spend a considerable amount of

I live in the north of England where temperature varies from 38F in Jan to 57F in August. It's pretty chilly for me, so I tend to spend a considerable amount of gas throughout the year. I'm renting a house, so deep work like insulation gets complicated. My point is that even with a comfortable salary, I will feel ~£600/month in energy. I can only fear for people that earn much less than me.

Symbiote 4y ago
Why have you converted the temperatures to Fahrenheit? It hasn't been used in BBC weather forecasts in Britain since the 1960s.
- rvieira 4y ago
  People living in the UK already know the north is chilly, no need to quantify it. I have the impression that the overwhelming majority of HN is from the US, and "chilly" can mean different things depending where you're from.
  - Hnrobert42 4y ago
    As an American on holiday in the UK, I appreciate the Fahrenheit. My impression of the readership is that it depends on the time of day. When I was in Vietnam, I would wake up to US centric posts full of comments. When I wake up early on the East Coast of the US (~6:30 am) I see more comments from Europe/UK. By mid afternoon, most of the posters seem to be from the US or at least the Americas. I base this on about 5 years of daily HN reading. I infer the posters’ locations from spelling, grammar, but most often their own admission. Nonetheless, this is just anecdata.
- ghostwriter 4y ago
  it reminds me of this BBC video from 70s regarding the public opinion on the metric system https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykthWUdkhu0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykthWUdkhu0
- missedthecue 4y ago
  Probably for the convenience of the userbase here.
- jjgreen 4y ago
  Used to be that Brits commonly used a dual temperature system, cold weather in Centigrade (brr, -5 outside), hot weather in Fahrenheit (phew, 85 today, what a scorcher!).
andyjohnson0 4y ago
> I live in the north of England where temperature varies from 38F in Jan to 57F in August 38F = 3½C 57F = 14C Not sure why you used Farenheit, but I live in the north too and it's colder and warmer than that. Currently 22C (61F) here in rainy Manchester.
- rvieira 4y ago
  I'm sorry but I don't understand the comment. First, I'm not in Manchester, considerably more northern, so why try to compare? Secondly, Manchester's average temperature in August is close to 16C (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester#Climate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester#Climate). Thirdly what is strange about the temperature on a given day being higher than the average?
- gspetr 4y ago
  >Not sure why you used Farenheit People from Europe likely already have a vague idea of what the temp is like in northern parts of it, and 45% of HN is from US according to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3298905 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3298905
- frumper 4y ago
  your 22C conversion is off, 22C = 71F
misja111 4y ago
Better buy some warm clothes. Or otherwise you can always hope for global warming to save the day ;)

Symbiote 4y ago

Why have you converted the temperatures to Fahrenheit? It hasn't been used in BBC weather forecasts in Britain since the 1960s.

rvieira 4y ago
People living in the UK already know the north is chilly, no need to quantify it. I have the impression that the overwhelming majority of HN is from the US, and "chilly" can mean different things depending where you're from.
- Hnrobert42 4y ago
  As an American on holiday in the UK, I appreciate the Fahrenheit. My impression of the readership is that it depends on the time of day. When I was in Vietnam, I would wake up to US centric posts full of comments. When I wake up early on the East Coast of the US (~6:30 am) I see more comments from Europe/UK. By mid afternoon, most of the posters seem to be from the US or at least the Americas. I base this on about 5 years of daily HN reading. I infer the posters’ locations from spelling, grammar, but most often their own admission. Nonetheless, this is just anecdata.
ghostwriter 4y ago
it reminds me of this BBC video from 70s regarding the public opinion on the metric system https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykthWUdkhu0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykthWUdkhu0
missedthecue 4y ago
Probably for the convenience of the userbase here.
jjgreen 4y ago
Used to be that Brits commonly used a dual temperature system, cold weather in Centigrade (brr, -5 outside), hot weather in Fahrenheit (phew, 85 today, what a scorcher!).

andyjohnson0 4y ago

> I live in the north of England where temperature varies from 38F in Jan to 57F in August 38F = 3½C 57F = 14C Not sure why you used Farenheit, but I live in the north too and it's colder and warmer than that. Currently 22C (61F) here in rainy Manchester.

rvieira 4y ago
I'm sorry but I don't understand the comment. First, I'm not in Manchester, considerably more northern, so why try to compare? Secondly, Manchester's average temperature in August is close to 16C (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester#Climate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester#Climate). Thirdly what is strange about the temperature on a given day being higher than the average?
gspetr 4y ago
>Not sure why you used Farenheit People from Europe likely already have a vague idea of what the temp is like in northern parts of it, and 45% of HN is from US according to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3298905 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3298905
frumper 4y ago
your 22C conversion is off, 22C = 71F

misja111 4y ago

Better buy some warm clothes. Or otherwise you can always hope for global warming to save the day ;)