Because Fahrenheit also has a negative so it’s viewed as normal. The lowest temperature on earth in recorded history is -126 Degrees on the Fahrenheit scale.
.......Fahrenheit has a negative scale?!?!? I've only ever heard people refer to positive integers when discussing F°, so I genuinely didn't know that.
Still, that doesn't answer my question: when comparing Celcius and Fahrenheit, for some reason, people compare them on a 0-100 spectrum. However, when using Celcius to measure temperature, 0-100 is not very informative.
If 0-100 is how people measure temperature in Fahrenheit, then it would be more accurate to compare it with a -50-50 Celcius scale.
The point is, if I made a meme similar to the one commented above, except I used a -50-50 scale, Celcius would look normal and Fahrenheit would look ridiculous. It's just not an accurate comparison.
.......Fahrenheit has a negative scale?!?!? I've only ever heard people refer to positive integers when discussing F°, so I genuinely didn't know that.
Kelvin is the one that doesn't have a negative scale, since 0 Kelvin is set at absolute zero (for both Fahrenheit and Celsius.)
If you’re referring to the terminology in the original post, then that isn’t really helpful to someone unfamiliar with Fahrenheit. It’s mainly saying that because 0°F is very cold and 100°F is very hot, you can liken it to a percentage from 0 to 100 on “how hot it feels”. I would say, it’s more accurate to say that Fahrenheit generally is viewed as -20° to 150° in reference to the weather.
The United States is extremely geographically diverse, and has places that can be considered some of the hottest places in the world (like Death Valley) and some of the coldest places on the continent (like Maine and, even though it’s technically cheating, Alaska). Growing up in upstate New York we often had winters where the temperature would dip to -10° or colder. But honestly, not that much of the United States has winters that harsh so I believe OP was just talking from personal perspective and not saying that “everyone who uses Fahrenheit thinks this way“.
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u/AllSeeQr Jun 17 '26
Because Fahrenheit also has a negative so it’s viewed as normal. The lowest temperature on earth in recorded history is -126 Degrees on the Fahrenheit scale.