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Ah yes, it's in the 30s. That sounds.... lovely? too warm? (startrek.website)

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[-] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 48 points 1 year ago

European here! For me it's...

Celcius:

0 = Water freezes

100 = Water boils

Fahrenheit as far as I can tell:

~100 = Hot enough that it shows up on the news

~400-450 = Cooking, because our stove is in Fahrenheit for some unknown reason.

All other temperatures in F = no idea.

[-] DontMakeItTim@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can think of F as a “% hot” measurement for weather.

0 = no heat: getting dangerously cold for humans. 50 = half hot, half cold: wear long pants and a jacket. 75 = three quarters hot, getting close to t shirt weather. 100= fully hot: getting dangerous for humans.

Yes you can go over or under, but you can consider those to be extreme weather (120% hot!)

C is a measurement for water.

[-] remotedev@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 year ago

75 is only close to tshirt weather?

[-] harmonea@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Acclimatization is a whole thing. I remember thinking 65F / 18C was cold once upon a time, then I moved north and now only bother putting on a jacket if it's below 40F / 5C or so (but now I start seriously suffering above 85F / 30 C where that used to be my ideal temp).

People who pretend certain temps are objectively not that cold or hot have never moved from one climate to another, I think. The person you replied to must be from a hot area.

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

I spent a week in the Rockies and when I got home, my house at 24°C was just too damn hot I just drank ice water and sat in my underwear.

[-] Mr_Smiley@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yep. I lived in the middle East and SE Asia combined for around 12 years, and while occasionally it was too much, in general I loved the heat and rarely said "its too hot", I moved back to the UK 3 years ago, in June. Hated it, was cold all the time. Now when it's more than 25c / 77F on a calm and clear day I'm boiling and can't sleep at night (barely anyone in the UK has ac at home).

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[-] richie510@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Fahrenheit is designed for humans. Celsius is in love with distilled water at sea level. Kelvin and Rankine are actually useful in math, science, and engineering.

[-] luckyhunter@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

My wife told me to go look at the thermometer outside and the needle was pointing to 0. She asked "what temperature is it?" I said, "uh.. there isn't one."

[-] BaronDoggystyleVonWoof@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

This is pretty good! I'll keep this in mind next time I'm in the US.

[-] Afghaniscran@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago

0 = no heat

Kelvin and Rankine would like a word.

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[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

Fahrenheit

0 = Well below freezing, about as cold as it gets anywhere that isn't frozen year-round. Dress like you're climbing Everest.

25 = Just below freezing, very cold but not record breaking anywhere people own snow shovels. Bulky jacket and gloves.

50 = Cold to cool, depending on your baseline. Put on a thick sweater or a jacket.

75 = Perfect, slightly above room temperature. T-shirt and shorts.

100 = About as hot as it gets anywhere that isn't a desert. Tank top and sunscreen, and stay in the shade.

[-] EtherealZucchini@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Me setting my thermostat to 50 in winter:

[-] Afghaniscran@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago

The main Fahrenheit I know is -40F.

Mostly because its also -40C.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Why do I care about water boiling when we're talking about weather?

[-] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

People contain water

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

If you are regularly encountering weather that is boiling the water in your body, you may want to consider moving to a nicer climate.

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[-] Blastasaurus@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Wait euro ovens are in Fahrenheit as well? I just thought it was our identity crisis measurements in Canada.

[-] CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Canadians usually follow this. It isn't 100% correct, but close enough.

[-] LucyLastic@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Nah, mines in Celsius ... the poster above probably has an old British oven, they had a lot of hold-outs for imperial measurements.

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[-] Konlanx@feddit.de 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Same the other way around. I (european) regularly read about "100 degrees weather" somewhere in the US and my first thought always is "damn, that's as hot as boiling water".

[-] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 14 points 1 year ago

In the UK you think "Oh yeah, my great granny used to use those measurements!"

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

0 is freezing (32F)
10 is cold (50F)
20 is nice (68F)
30 is hot (86F)

[-] outbound@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 year ago

Canadian here... in spring, 10C is shorts and t-shirt weather, eh?

[-] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Toronto is basically due east of where I live. 10C is pretty nice out. Hell, sometimes I don't wear a coat when its 0C

[-] Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, if it's not super humid 0C can be pretty ok

[-] navi@lemmy.tespia.org 4 points 1 year ago

We all know "that guy".

https://youtu.be/-oOlAGKBXnA?si=7O0ksF0xR2Nd9_IH

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[-] Afghaniscran@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago

Daytime 10c is shorts and tshirt. Nighttime 10c is shorts and light hoody.

[-] sdrawk@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

40 is unbearable

50 is death, tar sticks to your shoes, why am I outside?

[-] guriinii@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

5 is cold 10 is fresh 20 is warm 25 is hot 30 is too fucking hot

[-] original_ish_name@lemm.ee 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here's celcius

Water:

0° - freezes

100° - boils

Me:

10° - freezes

30° - boils

Why can't I be more like water?

[-] rbhfd@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

You're 70% of the way there!

[-] CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

So you are neither Canadian nor Australian.

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[-] Little8Lost@feddit.de 16 points 1 year ago

I talked with an american so i of course used ammo (9mm) as a scale

[-] Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

How many Bald Freedomeagles is that?

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[-] cloudy1999@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Well, double dumbass on you!

[-] Lexam@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

In Minnesota yes. In Florida no.

[-] cabbagee@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

Cause 30C is warm but 39C is heat stroke. Bigger range than 80-89F (warm to really warm), 90-99F (hot to really hot), 100F+ (heat stroke hot).

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago

In numerics we have decimal points for that :)

[-] Sekoia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago

We don't even need that for weather. There's not that much of a difference between 21 and 22 C, and anyway with wind and shade you can quickly have a difference of a few degrees.

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[-] shottymcb@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I very rarely hear anyone refer to air temperature with a decimal though.

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[-] Klystron@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Double it and add 32