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[-] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 48 points 1 year ago

European here! For me it's...

Celcius:

0 = Water freezes

100 = Water boils

Fahrenheit as far as I can tell:

~100 = Hot enough that it shows up on the news

~400-450 = Cooking, because our stove is in Fahrenheit for some unknown reason.

All other temperatures in F = no idea.

[-] DontMakeItTim@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can think of F as a “% hot” measurement for weather.

0 = no heat: getting dangerously cold for humans. 50 = half hot, half cold: wear long pants and a jacket. 75 = three quarters hot, getting close to t shirt weather. 100= fully hot: getting dangerous for humans.

Yes you can go over or under, but you can consider those to be extreme weather (120% hot!)

C is a measurement for water.

[-] remotedev@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 year ago

75 is only close to tshirt weather?

[-] harmonea@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Acclimatization is a whole thing. I remember thinking 65F / 18C was cold once upon a time, then I moved north and now only bother putting on a jacket if it's below 40F / 5C or so (but now I start seriously suffering above 85F / 30 C where that used to be my ideal temp).

People who pretend certain temps are objectively not that cold or hot have never moved from one climate to another, I think. The person you replied to must be from a hot area.

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

I spent a week in the Rockies and when I got home, my house at 24°C was just too damn hot I just drank ice water and sat in my underwear.

[-] Mr_Smiley@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yep. I lived in the middle East and SE Asia combined for around 12 years, and while occasionally it was too much, in general I loved the heat and rarely said "its too hot", I moved back to the UK 3 years ago, in June. Hated it, was cold all the time. Now when it's more than 25c / 77F on a calm and clear day I'm boiling and can't sleep at night (barely anyone in the UK has ac at home).

[-] stringere@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

But what can you do if your area climate includes 110+ F summers and below 0 winters? Besides moving, that is.

[-] donslaught@unilem.org 1 points 1 year ago

Live in a climate controlled building. Or just die, probably.

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