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I only work with Celsius and do not want any of the weather information, even in the overview to show degrees F

2006-11-01 02:47:54 · 5 answers · asked by richard g 1 in Science & Mathematics Weather

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On yahoo weather you have both options , just click on C deg.

2006-11-01 07:08:22 · answer #1 · answered by AboAyman 5 · 1 0

On the Fahrenheit scale, the freezing point of water is 32 degrees and the boiling point is 212 degrees. Zero Fahrenheit was the coldest temperature that the German-born scientist Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit could create with a mixture of ice and ordinary salt. He invented the mercury thermometer and introduced it and his scale in 1714 in Holland, where he lived most of his life.

Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, introduced his scale is 1742. For it, he used the freezing point of water as zero and the boiling point as 100. For a long time, the Celsius scale was called "centigrade." The Greek prefix "centi" means one-hundredth and each degree Celsius is one-hundredth of the way between the temperatures of freezing and boiling for water. The Celsius temperature scale is part of the "metric system" of measurement (SI) and is used throughout the world, though not yet embraced by the American public.

Scientists use a third scale, called the "absolute" or Kelvin scale. This scale was invented by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, a British scientist who made important discoveries about heat in the 1800's. Scientists have determined that the coldest it can get (theoretically) is minus 273.15 degrees Celsius. This temperature has never actually been reached, though scientists have come close. The value, minus 273.15 degrees Celsius, is called "absolute zero". At this temperature scientists believe that molecular motion would stop. You can't get any colder than that. The Kelvin scale uses this number as zero. To get other temperatures in the Kelvin scale, you add 273 degrees to the Celsius temperature.

2006-11-01 04:05:22 · answer #2 · answered by JOHN S 2 · 0 0

Here is how to do it :-)

Take the temperature by Fahrenheit, (Will show you an example below) subtract 32 from the current temperature then you multiply by 5, and divide by 9

50
-32
18

18
x5
90

3.9 divided by 90 is 10

so the temperature is 10 Celsius or known as 10'C

2006-11-01 02:59:03 · answer #3 · answered by Pauly W 7 · 0 0

Another option is the Temperature converter.

2006-11-01 08:54:51 · answer #4 · answered by Michael R 3 · 0 0

what weather are you talking about exactly?

2006-11-01 02:51:28 · answer #5 · answered by Stuart T 3 · 0 0

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