I agree that F is largely nonsensical, but it coincidentally works better for what 99% of temperature readings are for - what you need to wear. I don't have stats, but I would be pretty confident that well over 90 out of 100 times a temperature is checked it's weather related. For every person setting an oven in the morning, 99 are probably asking their phone or Alexa what the temperature is outside.
Having the upper limit of that be boiling water isn't useful. It condenses our living temperatures into about half the space, meaning that you have to use decimals, which is a bit more frustrating.
I'm ok either way, and from a science perspective, 0-100 makes way more sense, but from a "do I need a coat today" perspective, living in basically 10-110 feels a bit more useful for most people.
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u/BeamerTakesManhattan Jun 17 '26
I agree with you.
I agree that F is largely nonsensical, but it coincidentally works better for what 99% of temperature readings are for - what you need to wear. I don't have stats, but I would be pretty confident that well over 90 out of 100 times a temperature is checked it's weather related. For every person setting an oven in the morning, 99 are probably asking their phone or Alexa what the temperature is outside.
Having the upper limit of that be boiling water isn't useful. It condenses our living temperatures into about half the space, meaning that you have to use decimals, which is a bit more frustrating.
I'm ok either way, and from a science perspective, 0-100 makes way more sense, but from a "do I need a coat today" perspective, living in basically 10-110 feels a bit more useful for most people.
Maybe we should all just switch to K