For my fellow Americans: 40 ºC = 104 ºF.
“Help me! I’m melting!”
I don’t think it ever got to 40 C around here. I find the high 20s too much.
Queen Victoria’s rain.
Here in Machala, Ecuador, it is a mild 22.77 Degrees Celsius ( 73 degrees F. ) – of course it’s the middle of winter, here !
Metric is too hard to learn when you’re already an adult and grew up with inches, feet and yards as well as Fahrenheit.
One advantage of the Fahrenheit scale is that, in most of the world, outside temperatures generally fall between 0 Fahrenheit and 100 Fahrenheit. Yes, it does get colder than 0 F and hotter than 100 F, but that’s generally unusual.
Sherlock Watson over 10 years ago
For my fellow Americans: 40 ºC = 104 ºF.
edclectic over 10 years ago
“Help me! I’m melting!”
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 10 years ago
I don’t think it ever got to 40 C around here. I find the high 20s too much.
One Skunk Todd over 10 years ago
Queen Victoria’s rain.
Linguist over 10 years ago
Here in Machala, Ecuador, it is a mild 22.77 Degrees Celsius ( 73 degrees F. ) – of course it’s the middle of winter, here !
rekam Premium Member over 10 years ago
Metric is too hard to learn when you’re already an adult and grew up with inches, feet and yards as well as Fahrenheit.
CoBass over 10 years ago
One advantage of the Fahrenheit scale is that, in most of the world, outside temperatures generally fall between 0 Fahrenheit and 100 Fahrenheit. Yes, it does get colder than 0 F and hotter than 100 F, but that’s generally unusual.