Learned Something New Today

[Beezer]

I was visiting my 88 year old Uncle. He told me to get the Fahrenheit temperature, you just double the Celsius temperature number and add 30.
I had never heard of this calculation in all of my 60 years!
Go figure...

 

[Beezer]

So say it's 25 degrees Celsius, you make that 50 plus 30...so it is roughly 80 degrees Fahrenheit outside.
I thought this was a pretty cool temperature hack!

 

[Beezer]

Of course, to convert Fahrenheit to Celsius, you just subtract 30 and divide by 2.

 

[oldman]

Not to burst your bubble, but that formula, if you want to call it that, has been around since I was in elementary school.
It’s only an estimate and hardly ever right on.

 

[C50]

Did you know -40F and -40C are the same temperature? Regardless of how you measure it that's cold!

 

[Beezer]

@oldman

I figured this temperature trick was learned in elementary school by most ...just can't believe I never heard of it until the other day.

HOMES to remember the great lakes...Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior...I remember this trick.
And the 9 planets...Men Very Early Made Jugs to Serve Useful Needs Period.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Did you know -40F and -40C are the same temperature? Regardless of how you measure it that's cold!

Yes. We have had that temperature when we lived in Ontario a few times

 

[Jules]

Yes. We have had that temperature when we lived in Ontario a few times

Been there and done that too. BC & Alberta.

 

[IrishEyes]

I learned something new today too!
It hurts a lot less when you hammer the nail in and someone else holds it.

 

[jujube]

It's like kilometers to miles. Divide by 5 and multiply by 3. Not accurate but gives you a rough figure, especially in shorter distances.

 

[Muskrat]

I did not know this...and in 10 minutes I will not know this again...

 

[Oldeagle66]

I did not know this...and in 10 minutes I will not know this again...

Hilarious

 

[Sunkist]

I did not know this...and in 10 minutes I will not know this again...

Yup, I can relate to that!!

 

[Mizmo]

I always remember 16C is 61F.

Strictly speaking the temp number times 1.8 plus 32

 

[Coconut]

I was visiting my 88 year old Uncle. He told me to get the Fahrenheit temperature, you just double the Celsius temperature number and add 30.
I had never heard of this calculation in all of my 60 years!
Go figure...

Thank you @Beezer , that is good to know.
I always keep NOAA weather on my desktop. They are not always spot on but close enough.
They also have other useful information on there too.

Or I go out on my front porch, it is warm or it is cold. It is raining or snowing or it is not.

 

[Sunkist]

Thank you @Beezer , that is good to know.
I always keep NOAA weather on my desktop. They are not always spot on but close enough.
They also have other useful information on there too.

Or I go out on my front porch, it is warm or it is cold. It is raining or snowing or it is not.

Or you could stick your arm out the window..

 

[Pepper]

I usta know this stuff when I lived in Europe but I have since forgot.

 

[feywon]

@oldman

I figured this temperature trick was learned in elementary school by most ...just can't believe I never heard of it until the other day.

HOMES to remember the great lakes...Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior...I remember this trick.
And the 9 planets...Men Very Early Made Jugs to Serve Useful Needs Period.

The HOMES mnemonic is the only one i ever found useful. Most things i just remember. Maybe if i lived up in that region the names of the lakes would come as easy as most things.

As for temperatures, i have two mercury thermometers outside windows on East and West sides of house. I can check them without going outside. Both show Fahrenheit and Celsius temps. When it comes to deciding whether to drip pipes in winter i use those not any commercial weather report.

Have learned that because we are a very small town they don't have accurate reporting and in mountainous temps can vary a good deal in short distances it is generally a few degrees cooler down at south end of town which is barely 3 surface road miles and some 700 feet less of elevation from where our house is.

But having had a country childhood i generally have a better idea of what's coming by going outside, looking at types, color and movement of clouds and smelling the air.