To expand on that: what was used to create the lower point of the F scale was a mixture of compounds and ice, which when properly mixed create a solution with a self regulating consistent temperature. These compomoments are essentially ice, salts, and brine. The salts melt the ice which creates heat, however the heat aids the reaction which then reduces heat. Mixed correctly a stable temperature is held as long as the balance is maintained through supplying materials for reaction. These compounds are commonly found in labs and easily obtainable- which means that it is easy for scientists and lay persons to calibrate instruments to the scale without any special equipment or materials. The Mixturr was actually not correctly mixed though and the F scale needed to later be changed to reflect the error! Of course, the C scale has also been changed to compensate for error as well.
but we aren’t water, we are people so it makes SO MUCH SENSE that 0 would be a very cold temperature for a human and 100 would be very, very hot instead of hmmmm its 34 degrees outside and super hot
0 isn’t very cold though. 0 is uncomfortable. But really it’s not important. F and C have the same overall range, in F you are generally using whole, positive numbers (with any negative number automatically being COLD.) C must rely more on decimals and use of negative numbers. So it’s preference if you like decimals and negative signs to deal with common weather, or if you just want a whole number to deal with and no extra symbols. As for making sense... F is defined off the temperature achieved by a mixture which naturally produces a stable uniform temperature, and the boiling point of water at sea level. C Is a standard unit measurement. It uses an arbitrary but consistent unit to define 0- a specially purified sample of sea water. Neither has much advantage as far as what makes sense, most of the world does just fine on C, and the rest doesn’t seem to have any problems figuring out the temperature in F.
Outside. I live in Canada. It's been quite awhile since it hit that low in the places I've lived, usually gets closer to -25 or -30 on bad days
It does all start to feel the same after you face goes numb, mind you
It can pretty cold in New Zealand, but only down south more. There was a running joke about an Auckland snowstorm being only a few millimeters I'll find a link.
Oh really? I've never much thought of new Zealand as a cold place, but then I've never looked into its weather too much.
Haha most of the time when it snows here it's at least a couple inches. Actually had an ice storm in the middle of July on more than one occasion that flooded streets with micro icebergs. Three hours later it had all melted and was gone and it was back to being summer. Weather just likes to do whatever it wants here most of the time
It does all start to feel the same after you face goes numb, mind you
https://www.facebook.com/I-Survived-the-Auckland-Earthquake-and-Snow-Storm-of-2011-123651741071945/
There were shirts made I think they said "I survived the Auckland snowstorm"
Haha most of the time when it snows here it's at least a couple inches. Actually had an ice storm in the middle of July on more than one occasion that flooded streets with micro icebergs. Three hours later it had all melted and was gone and it was back to being summer. Weather just likes to do whatever it wants here most of the time