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Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by bkanber on Friday November 16, 2018 @09:43PM (#18473608)
As an example, the common temperatures in NYC range from 0-100F. In celcius that's like -18 to +38.

I'm a scientist and an engineer, and in those applications C is often better. But in daily life, Fahrenheit makes a ton of sense.

Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by evil-olive on Friday November 16, 2018 @11:16PM (#18473913)
Just think about it by 10s, as you do with the metric system:

20 C - a bit less than room temperature (68 F)

30 C - pretty hot (86 F)

40 C - very hot (104 F)

And going the other way:

10 C - a bit chilly (50 F)

0 C - cold (32 F)

-10 C - real cold (14 F)

-20 C - really really cold (-4 F)

When you hear a temperature in Celsius, don't try to convert it to Fahrenheit, just think in Celsius. 15 degrees is halfway between "chilly" 10 C and "room temp" 20 C. One degree of warming - say 26 C to 27 C - is pretty easy to conceptualize when you have those 10-degree reference points.

Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by bnjms on Saturday November 17, 2018 @12:29AM (#18474121)
This is the right answer for Americans. The reason I prefer Fahrenheit is because it is the one I know what degrees feel like and because Celsius isn’t reported in enough resolution.

If it was always reported to the half point I think we would be able to relate to Celsius better. And if I was making a population wide change I’d ensure reporting was always to the half degree.

Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by stephen_g on Saturday November 17, 2018 @02:58AM (#18474532)
We just report it to the degree (high of 34 tomorrow, 32 the next day). That's really plenty of resolution for non-scientific measurement.
Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by kiriakasis on Saturday November 17, 2018 @06:37AM (#18475074)
And is also more resolution than the error warrants
Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by bnjms on Saturday November 17, 2018 @01:49PM (#18476791)
I think I meant less for forecasts and more for weather apps and thermostats. I really think it could help with adoption. But if it’s not warranted by the error then maybe I’ll reconsider.
Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by Moru on Saturday November 17, 2018 @05:44PM (#18477764)
The precision on most digital thermometers for home use is (surprice) +-1 degree C :-)
Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by int_19h on Friday November 16, 2018 @10:05PM (#18473681)
If you live in NYC, maybe. A lot of people don't, and you can find places where ranges in C are "neater" than in F.
Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by umanwizard on Saturday November 17, 2018 @01:56AM (#18474358)
> If you live in NYC, maybe. A lot of people don't

Those people are free to use whatever units they like. It doesn't have much bearing on the point that Fahrenheit, which is used in the United States, is a good match for the climate of most of the United States.

Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by int_19h on Sunday November 18, 2018 @04:46AM (#18479579)
Most of the United States doesn't have climate that falls within 0..100 F. There are plenty of places that are more like 30..90 F etc. And I don't see how that's any different from, say, 0..30 C.

OTOH, as far as weather goes, C has the nice property that anything below zero is freezing temperature. In any locale where snow and ice is a thing, that's handy to know.

Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by redial on Friday November 16, 2018 @10:35PM (#18473778)
In Ecuador the temperature ranges from ~60 to ~90F, but I'm sure for them is a great relief to know people of New York have a temperature unit that perfectly matches their climate as neatly as going from 0 to 100.
Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by anamexis on Friday November 16, 2018 @11:16PM (#18473914)
But is 15C to 32C better?