What is the difference

[First_time_herp]

What is the difference between farenhite and celciates? Sorry about the bad spelling but I don't know the correct spelling.

[JLC]

Fahrenheit is the standard temperature measurement for America (and maybe some other parts of the world, I don't know for sure). Water freezes at 32*F and boils at 212*F. If you live in America, these are the numbers you are used to and can relate to. (You know that 95* is hot, but still bearable....whereas 95*C would kill you!)

Celcius is the more scientific measurement used and is the standard for most of the world. Water freezes at 0*C and boils at 100*C.

[First_time_herp]

Well I need to know because stangly my thermometer is suddenly only measuring temp in celciates.

[JLC]

To convert Celcius to Fahrenheit....take your Celcius number and multiply it times 9/5 (nine fifths) ...then add 32.

[First_time_herp]

Thanks!

[green_man]

cool thanks Judy, I never new how to do that either lol

[First_time_herp]

Now I got it back to normal. Sorry to waste your time JLC!

[Cody]

Well I'm in Canada, and here(along with most of the rest of the world....except USA...damn yanks:wink: ) the temps are told in Celsius, like on the news and stuff. But, the problem is, I'm not used to Celsius at all. I live 2 hours from the Windsor/Detroit border so I usually get the Detroit weather on the news. Of course, they use Fahrenheit, so that confuses me, since now I'm usually used to Fahrenheit, lol. What I do as a quick estimate to figure out what something in celsius is in fahrenheit, is I use this formula. It's usually decently acurate, with it usually being a few degrees off. Here's the example:

20 C X 2 = 40 +28 = 68 F

Another thing I never thought of....your thermometer is digital isn't it? One of those ones from Walmart? Look in the instructions or something and see if you can switch the measurement. Since most of the world uses Celsius for temp, maybe the default is Celsius, and you have to change it to measure in Fahrenheit.

Either way....I've rambled on again. 8)

Edit: Aww, I took too long to reply. Now look at the posts above me. Damn dinner distracting me.

[First_time_herp]

Thats fine. I've had that happen alot.

[iceman25]

Yah, I used to deal with the metric system before I moved here. Talk about one confused foreigner :lol: