Weather agencies have issued alerts warning of a third day of high temperatures that in some places have climbed well above ...

Not only are Celsius and Fahrenheit degrees different sizes (each Celsius degree covers more of the scale) they have different baselines. Fortunately, there are easier ways to convert temperatures ...

For example, while 32 degrees Fahrenheit = 0 degrees Celsius, 35 degrees Fahrenheit = 1.6 degrees Celsius, which would likely be rounded up to 2°C to avoid having to use decimals.

If anything, the Fahrenheit scale may be more accurate than Celsius – or at least, more precise.Because there are nine degrees Fahrenheit for every five Celsius, the scale “has more degrees ...