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> Fahrenheit is far superior of a system, where 0 to 100 roughly reflects the range of temperatures one might expect in the lower 48. When you are outside that
by JeremyNT 3y ago
> Fahrenheit is far superior of a system, where 0 to 100 roughly reflects the range of temperatures one might expect in the lower 48. When you are outside that range, you know you’re in for very uncomfortable weather. Celsius doesn’t give much benefit beyond the vague water will freeze around 0.
First, 0 and 100 F seem completely arbitrary.
Second, if they have such immense value, people using centigrade could manage to remember "-18" and "38."
My brain is sadly stuck on the default "F" units since I grew up in and continue to reside in the US, yet even I can remember general mappings of Centigrade to "how it feels" as a human. This is not a difficult thing to do/learn.
- iisan7 3y agoI sometimes appreciate the extra dynamic range of Fahrenheit for describing temperatures relevant to human environmental comfort. With C you need to use a decimal point and significant digit. It's rarely that important though. You could get by using just the even numbers of F temps for casual purposes, or while numbers of C.
- JeremyNT 3y agoI personally doubt I could ever really tell a 1F difference. Other factors (sunlight, wind, humidity) make that level of precision kind of useless for a "how does it feel" situation, which IMO just further degrades the value of 0-100F thing as conveying any particular significance.