• CoderKat@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    But hot and cold is relative. It’s largely up to experience to have a feel for temperature. Eg, what temperature do you need a jacket in? In Celsius, around zero is jacket weather. What’s room temperature? It’s a pretty arbitrary 20ish C vs 70ish F either way.

    I could just as easily say Celsius has nifty ten degree bands for weather. 0 to 10 is chilly fall weather. 10 to 20 is nice late spring weather. 20 to 30 is summer weather. 30 to 40 are the hottest summer days. 0 to -10 is mild winter. -10 to -20 are the cold winter days. -20 to -30 are the coldest days in a place like Toronto.

    For outside weather, I’ve never seen anyone use tenths. Thermostats (for inside) in Celsius usually use half degree granularity.

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      1 year ago

      I generally agree with you, but I guess how you experience these depends on where you live and what you’re used to. For me, it would be something like:

      • 30 to 40C: really hot summer noons
      • 20 to 30C: nicest range overall. Summer nights and autumn/spring days.
      • 15 to 20C: comfortable if you move around, working, doing sports etc
      • 10 to 15C: starting to get cold. Need jacket
      • 0 to 10C: winter cold
      • -10 to 0C: my balls are freezing
      • -20 to -10C: once or twice in a lifetime. Not going out at all until it gets warmer.
      • < -20C: are you fucking kidding me?
    • Bardak@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Thermostats (for inside) in Celsius usually use half degree granularity.

      I find it is hit or miss if a thermostat gives 0.5C or 1C for granularity. Even when the do have half degree increments I always just use whole degrees.