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Celsius is easier for water temperature (0-100), but air temperature is what we mostly concern ourselves with in regard to weather. And actually if I’m cooking I can tell if the water is frozen or boiling by looking at it. I don’t use a thermometer lmao, so I’m not even sure that’s such an advantage.Why? Genuinely curious.
Temperatures are the hardest to convert on the fly, specially if it gets into the negatives.
Fahrenheit is more precise. The ambient temperature on most of the inhabited world ranges from -20 degrees Fahrenheit to 110 degrees Fahrenheit — a 130-degree range. On the Celsius scale, that range is from -28.8 degrees to 43.3 degrees — a 72.1-degree range. This means that you can get a more exact measurement of the air temperature using Fahrenheit because it uses almost twice the scale.
Using a temperature scale with a higher degree of accuracy is important when programming a thermostat, considering the cost and nature of the fuels needed to accomplish that.
