Comment on xkcd #3001: Temperature Scales
bitwaba@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoSupposedly one of the main draws for fahrenheit is that common cold temperatures aren’t negative, so this doesn’t address that part.
Comment on xkcd #3001: Temperature Scales
bitwaba@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoSupposedly one of the main draws for fahrenheit is that common cold temperatures aren’t negative, so this doesn’t address that part.
communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 3 weeks ago
honestly why would someone care about that… common cold temperatures being negative makes more sense to me, i say this as an american.
Hamartia@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This is the point. Whether ice is likely to form is a very important aspect of weather.
Is it going snow instead of rain. Are the roads going to be treacherous. Will my water supply stop flowing.