For the non Americans, 19° Fahrenheit is about -7° Celsius. Well below freezing and fairly dangerous without proper preparation.
New Mexico is a southern state, with Gallup bordering the notoriously hot and dry Arizona. However, Gallup has high elevation and is more dry and windy than hot. Nights can be below freezing for most of the year, and temperatures rarely break 100° Fahrenheit, or ~38° C. It’s further south than Las Vegas, yet significantly different than the Hellish deserts that characterize neighboring regions.
What? It’s so simple though. 32 is freezing point of water, and 212 is the boiling point. Easy to remember!
When Celsius invented his scale, it was reversed. 0 was the boiling point and 100 was the freezing point. He died before it was reversed by the scientific community that adopted his scale.
It’s not nearly as simple as 0 = freezing 100 = boiling. If you’ve never had to use it (which the only time I have is like, when sitcoms make a joke about it) it’s definitely not something I’ve ever had to remember. Especially when I know -40 feels the same, it make the above 0 scale look very odd from the outside.
It was as simple as 0 = freezing and 100 = boiling for a specific standard of water and standard of atmosphere and pressure. Practically, those points always varied according to other factors, but it was only recently redefined to match the Kelvin scale and be tied to a universal constant. It was attached to the transition points of water for centuries.
Apparent temperature is a whole other can of worms. 80° F could feel pleasant or unbearable depending on humidity or wind.
For the non Americans, 19° Fahrenheit is about -7° Celsius. Well below freezing and fairly dangerous without proper preparation.
New Mexico is a southern state, with Gallup bordering the notoriously hot and dry Arizona. However, Gallup has high elevation and is more dry and windy than hot. Nights can be below freezing for most of the year, and temperatures rarely break 100° Fahrenheit, or ~38° C. It’s further south than Las Vegas, yet significantly different than the Hellish deserts that characterize neighboring regions.
Ah -7 is worse than what I thought that was. Fahrenheit is weird, thank you for translating lol.
What? It’s so simple though. 32 is freezing point of water, and 212 is the boiling point. Easy to remember!
When Celsius invented his scale, it was reversed. 0 was the boiling point and 100 was the freezing point. He died before it was reversed by the scientific community that adopted his scale.
It’s not nearly as simple as 0 = freezing 100 = boiling. If you’ve never had to use it (which the only time I have is like, when sitcoms make a joke about it) it’s definitely not something I’ve ever had to remember. Especially when I know -40 feels the same, it make the above 0 scale look very odd from the outside.
It was as simple as 0 = freezing and 100 = boiling for a specific standard of water and standard of atmosphere and pressure. Practically, those points always varied according to other factors, but it was only recently redefined to match the Kelvin scale and be tied to a universal constant. It was attached to the transition points of water for centuries.
Apparent temperature is a whole other can of worms. 80° F could feel pleasant or unbearable depending on humidity or wind.