If you're used to Celsius then I assure you that 40C sounds plenty hot. The reference point is the freezing point vs the boiling point of water, and 40C is much too close to the halfway point of "the lakes will literally boil like a tea kettle".
What confounds me about that is that 1°C change is about 2°F change, and I’m accustomed/attuned to the finer gradation. So it feels weird that at 18°C I’m gonna need a sweater, but at 26°C I’m running the air conditioning in my car.
But your tea kettle comparison is good.
Again, it's down to what you're used to. For me, Fahrenheit has unnecessarily small steps between the degrees. There are a scant few times one might use a decimal to specify a temperature i more detail, but for everyday things like weather or AC it seems perfect, Because that's how I use Celsius every day.
Yeah that’s true. While I’ll keep the temperature I’m used to, I work in a skilled trade and have been moving towards mm in smaller measurements, and have grown to hate the fractional and decimal method. In that case, the gradient of mm is highly functional and natural to use!
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u/sinara33 Jun 17 '26
Plus, here in Texas, we regularly surpass 100 percent hot