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[–] [email protected] 88 points 2 months ago (45 children)

The only good thing about Fahrenheit is that 69 degrees (20.5 C) is a nice temperature.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (33 children)

Also it's a 0-100 scale of how hot it is outside, and it requires no prior understanding to use it as such.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (11 children)

The freezing point of water is very important to weather, and requires prior knowledge of the arbitrary number 32.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Is it? Only pure water will actually freeze at 0c. Rain, puddles, lakes, etc aren't all that pure... And we're talking about ambient air temps here. The air can be below freezing and it can still rain. And you can get snow/hail above freezing...

Knowing the freezing point is just one factor. Knowing it's generally around 30F is pretty much always close enough (not that remembering 32 is actually very difficult)

Edit: also water only freezes at 0c if it's at sea level... I really don't think 0°=freezing is the huge advantage that celcius stans think it is.

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