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> my average temperature increased by %4.x percent Can you do that with temperatures not in kelvin (with true zero)?

• cozzyd 2y ago
  you can do what you want but it doesn't make it meaningful
• DangitBobby 2y ago
  It's not more meaningful in Kelvin. 1 to 4 is a 300% increase and so is 200 to 800. So hearing 300% tells you absolutely nothing, without the added context of "from the previous average temperature of the region".
  • voisin 2y ago
    My point is that a 4% increase in numbers on a scale where zero does not equate tot he total absence is not actually 4% hotter.
  • smolder 2y ago
    Yes, it is. Percentages don't mean anything in temperature unless it is Kelvin where 0 is truly 0. 1 to 4 degrees Celsius is not a 300% increase in anything but the integer representing temp. Try that in Fahrenheit or with a negative value. Edit: I think I initially missed your point that percentages are kind of silly to use anyway.
    • dragonwriter 2y ago
      > Percentages don’t mean anything in temperature unless it is Kelvin where 0 is truly 0. Well, technically any absolute scale: Kelvin is the most common, but Rankine has the same feature. (It just uses Fahrenheit-sized degrees instead of Celsius-sized.)
      • smolder 2y ago
        I wondered if there might be others but left it up to you to correct me. :)