this post was submitted on 29 Aug 2023
753 points (97.1% liked)

Memes

45729 readers
926 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In numerics we have decimal points for that :)

[–] Sekoia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We don't even need that for weather. There's not that much of a difference between 21 and 22 C, and anyway with wind and shade you can quickly have a difference of a few degrees.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's why weather is not just temperature, regardless of the used scale. But to ask you the same, what's the difference between 110°F and 111°F?

[–] Sekoia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

Oh no, I agree with you! I don't understand Farenheit at all. I like Celsius because it makes more sense in terms of definition, and having "negatives can have snow, positives can't" is convenient.

[–] DontMakeItTim@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You might think there is no difference, but someone will definitely notice if you adjust the thermostat by 1°F.

[–] shottymcb@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I very rarely hear anyone refer to air temperature with a decimal though.

[–] DontMakeItTim@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It’s quite common on digital thermostats to have the decimal place for C.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

I've never heard anyone casually refer to air temperature either; its mostly always how fast the wind is on the Beaufort scale.