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Where I grew up it was between 20 and 30 much of the year. Honestly a 10 point warmness scale is quite easy to adjust to.
I have heard farenheit defenders point out that we're not water - that farenheit cares about the temperatures that humans care about
We are not water.
But the weather is.
"The Weather" has never come close to 100C. "The Weather" is rarely below -17C and rarely above 37C: 0F to 100F
"The weather" makes far more sense in F than C.
Cooking makes sense in Celsius. We are regularly concerned about freezing and boiling when we are cooking.
Tell me you've lived in very narrow portions of the world.
While obviously I've never hit 100°C in weather, I have hit 50.
In both directions from 0.
Wow. That's hot. And cold. I am suitably impressed that you've experienced temperatures that most people will never see.
The 50 came from a heat wave here in Wuhan. (It routinely goes to 45 here, so 50 is a hot day surrounded by pavement in the sun.)
The -50 came from living in the high arctic. One day only, ever. But -40 was pretty normal.