Cooler weather finally getting here.

[James MacMillan]

Correction Jay 29F = -2C. That is below freezing which is 0C. Celsius is based on water, 0C water freezes 100C water boils. See how simple it is? I only get confused with everything in between, at which point I use Fahrenheit!

Yep, you're right! I too get confused, even though I try and use Celsius more. It should be more logical. I need to find out the ear-marks: What is hot? What is cold? etc etc etc........... Thanks Grant

[ccga3359]

Yep, you're right! I too get confused, even though I try and use Celsius more. It should be more logical. I need to find out the ear-marks: What is hot? What is cold? etc etc etc........... Thanks Grant

I've been trying to figure out temps for decades. I can drive in miles, kilometres and knots easily (although I used to own a couple of VW Beetles and a '53 Willy's M38A1 so breaking the speed limits were simply not possible ). I also fluent in inches and metric (too the point of an industrial accident I can indicate to somebody to **** off in both, yes I'm a True Canadian !).

Unfortunatly where I live, on the Great Lakes, we have humidity. In the summer they give us two temps, the actual temperature and the humidex (where it feels like...) so an 90F (32C) day would be most welcome, the slightest movement causes profuse sweating. Whereas in the winter a pleasant cool day of 14F - 32F (-10C - 0C) would be fine with some bundling up. thenm they add the wind chill factor, with the humidity in the air make it feel 20 degrees colder and that just slices through you no matter what you wear. When the temp scales match is at -40 F & C (w/ windchill factor). Rarely if ever do we see it in southern Ontario but it's common in our midwest. Gents like Mr Kilt, et al must be just nuts to endure this!

[O'Neille]

Last night, we finally got weather here in extreme Southern Arizona. It rained all night and there is snow down to about six thousand feet on the mountains. Currently 40 F or 4 C here. Turned on the heat for the first time last night. My daughter loves the fireplace going so I might have to give in today.

[fluter]

...I try and use Celsius more. It should be more logical. I need to find out the ear-marks: What is hot? What is cold? etc etc etc.....

It helped me to commit this simple poem to memory:

thirty is hot [86]
twenty is pleasing [68]
ten is not [50]
and zero is freezing [32]

However, living in South Carolina instead of Southern California, we had to add:

but 40 is so derned hot [104]
that you'd better be wearing a kilt!