TBers outside of the USA: Please explain Celsius to me

[bassrique]

Why can't you stubborn people just use Fahrenheit? And what's with this kilometers rubbish?

OK, on to the serious portion of this post:

I received an email from a guy in Canada who told me it was -39 the other day. I asked him to roughly convert that for me. He said ~37-38 ºF.

-39 ºC = -38.2 ºF, but 39 ºC = 102.2 ºF

Why is there a wider spread above freezing?

Exit question: When will the US convert to metric/Celsius?

[flowlikeocean]

0º C=water's freezing point. 100ºC=Water's boiling point. Not too sure about conversions.

[TOOL460002]

one degree fareneheit is a smaller measure than one degree celcius. wiki the conversion formula; dont recall it off hand.

[Simo98]

Basically it was designed around one thing afaik, the properties of water.

0 degrees is freezing point, 100 degrees is boiling point.


I guess what is confusing you is that around -40 degrees they happen to coincide. There is no wider spread or anything complicated to my knowledge, 39 degrees either direction of 0 is just the same as 70 something degrees either way of 30 or whatever freezing is in fahrenheit.

[bassrique]

Originally Posted by Simo98

Basically it was designed around one thing afaik, the properties of water.

0 degrees is freezing point, 100 degrees is boiling point.


I guess what is confusing you is that around -40 degrees they happen to coincide. There is no wider spread or anything complicated to my knowledge, 39 degrees either direction of 0 is just the same as 70 something degrees either way of 30 or whatever freezing is in fahrenheit.

Now I'm really confused, but the whiskey may have something to do with that.

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

One of the subjects I enjoyed the most during my (long gone) high school days was chemistry and, after checking the formula on the Net just to make sure, I'm glad to find that I still remember it:

Fahrenheit= (Celsius x 9/5) + 32

Celsius= (Fahrenheit-32) x 5/9

In other words: To convert Celsius degrees into Fahrenheit multiply by 9, divide by 5 and add 32. To convert Fahrenheit into Celsius subtract 32 from Fahrenheit, multiply by 5 and divide by 9.

[TOOL460002]

Originally Posted by bassrique

Now I'm really confused, but the whiskey may have something to do with that.

oh... well, away from the computer you should go. im not about to start explaining fairly basic chemistry to the intoxicated. theres tv to be watched, and bass to be playing.

reread my other post tomorrow morning. itll take.

[capnjim]

Take the Deg Celcius, multiply by nine, divide by 5, add 32. Simple!
So...0 celcius*9/5=0 plus 32=32f
100 celcius*9/5+32=212f

But don't worry.....as soon as the US becomes a Canadian province (We have a LOT of oil) you will get used to it.

[bassrique]

Originally Posted by Alvaro Martín Gómez A.

One of the subjects I enjoyed the most during my (long gone) high school days was chemistry and, after checking the formula on the Net just to make sure, I'm glad to find that I still remember it:

Fahrenheit= (Celsius x 9/5) + 32

Celsius= (Fahrenheit-32) x 5/9

In other words: To convert Celsius degrees into Fahrenheit multiply by 9, divide by 5 and add 32. To convert Fahrenheit into Celsius subtract 32 from Fahrenheit, multiply by 5 and divide by 9.

Math isn't my strong suit, but why is there little difference between C and F when is very cold and a much larger difference when it's hot?

Originally Posted by TOOL460002

oh... well, away from the computer you should go. im not about to start explaining fairly basic chemistry to the intoxicated. theres tv to be watched, and bass to be playing.

reread my other post tomorrow morning. itll take.

I'm not intoxicated, but rather lubricated.

[stratovani]

Originally Posted by capnjim

But don't worry.....as soon as the US becomes a Canadian province (We have a LOT of oil) you will get used to it.

Good, maybe then we'll be able to get a decent poutine and smoked meat sandwich!

[MIJ-VI]

Metric and Imperial Conversion Charts and Tables
http://convert.french-property.co.uk/

[DerHoggz]

The reason the spreads are different is because the units are not the same size (one degree Fahrenheit is smaller than one degree Celsius).

[TOOL460002]

Originally Posted by bassrique

Math isn't my strong suit, but why is there little difference between C and F when is very cold and a much larger difference when it's hot?



I'm not intoxicated, but rather lubricated.

hehe... im just giving you ****. anyway, farenheit is an older temperature scale, and is not based off of the freezing point and boiling point of water at sea level. wiki it to get the full story.

anyway, since one degree farenheit is LESS than one degree celcius, there are 40 degrees between -40C and 0C, but since 0C equals 32F, this temperature gap has 72 degrees farenheit. from 0C to 39C, you can imagine that its pretty close to the other example. however, the difference is one degree celcius, which is 1.4ish degrees farenheit.

heres a link to a graph of the two temperature scales:

http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/plot-...9%29%29&x=0003

that should be enough to solve this riddle.

[jp58]

Meh. Screw the foots, miles, Fahrenheit nonsense.

[Jhengsman]

Originally Posted by Simo98

Basically it was designed around one thing afaik, the properties of water.

0 degrees is freezing point, 100 degrees is boiling point.


I guess what is confusing you is that around -40 degrees they happen to coincide. There is no wider spread or anything complicated to my knowledge, 39 degrees either direction of 0 is just the same as 70 something degrees either way of 30 or whatever freezing is in fahrenheit.

At one standard atmosphere, better known as sea level if I remember from my high school days

[elgecko]

Originally Posted by bassrique

Math isn't my strong suit, but why is there little difference between C and F when is very cold and a much larger difference when it's hot?...

If you look at the graph, it's because the Celsius (green) and Fahrenheit (red) lines don't have the same slope. Below a certain temperature, Celsius is numerically greater than Fahrenheit. Beyond the point where they intersect, Celsius is lower and the gap increases the further you go.

[bassybill]

Kelvin for the win. It's the most logical temperature scale we have.

278K here outside as I write.

[champbassist]

Originally Posted by bassybill

Kelvin for the win. It's the most logical temperature scale we have.

278K here outside as I write.

Then it must be 4.85°C outside

Originally Posted by SI brochure, section 2.1.1.5

t/°C = T/K – 273.15.

[duff beer]

Originally Posted by bassrique

Exit question: When will the US convert to metric/Celsius?

That's the important question...when will you guys gonna catch up with the rest of the civilized world??

[Mazatleco17]

Originally Posted by duff beer

That's the important question...when will you guys gonna catch up with the rest of the civilized world??

The day they stop calling football "soccer"