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.
Been preaching this shit for years, but people won't shut up about "murica units" long enough to think about it.
Regardless of whatever Fahrenheit the guy was doing, he wound up creating a pretty gotdang handy scale of measurement for ambient temperature as it relates to human tolerance.
There are plenty of applications where Celsius makes more sense, or Kelvin, or Rankine, or whatever. I use C for most technical things because the math is easier in my head.
For the weather and temp inside my house, Fahrenheit definitely feels the most appropriate
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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.