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[–] meowMix2525@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's also useful that a moderate climate on average won't go much higher than 100 in the summer, or lower than 0 in the winter. So you know if it does then either that day is an outlier, or you don't live in a moderate climate. So it makes that information just a bit more intuitive. Speaking as a Michigander at least, that's what those numbers mean to me.

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I hope that holds true, given we just had the twin cities marathon canceled for excessive heat in October, in MN where we still mention the Halloween blizzard of 94 in hushed tones, that scale might need recalibration.

[–] meowMix2525@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah it's definitely drifted a bit since Fahrenheit was first conceived what with climate change and all. That doesn't mean the scale is wrong, it means the moderate climates are slowly moving elsewhere.

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 1 points 2 years ago

Maybe we just discovered an instant solution to global warming, just readjust the temp scale. Move everything up by a couple dozen degrees and suddenly we're in a new ice age. 🤔