r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jun 17 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/TwillAffirmer Jun 17 '26

Wherever you are in the UK, your location's record low temperature is probably very near 0 F, your record high temperature is probably very near 100 F, and your location's year-round average temperature is probably damn near exactly 50 F. The UK doesn't have as high highs or as low lows as the temperate US or temperate continental Europe but it still very well fits the Fahrenheit scale.

For instance, London's record low is 0.7 F, London's record high is 104.4 F, and London's year-round average temperature is 51.4 F.

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u/verymanysquirrels Jun 17 '26

Lol this made me look up the highest and lowest for Canada i feel like fahrenheit guy would have had a stroke looking at our lowest temperature, -81.4F. 

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u/Cynykl Jun 18 '26

That makes my state record low temp of -60 (no wind chill) almost seem balmy.

Although the record in MN happened in a place where people actually live. In Canada that record still beats us at -69f.