Here's Why the Fahrenheit Scale is Better than Celsius

Comparison of the Fahrenheit and Celsius/Centigrade scales to determine which one is better. Because the US is the only large country using the Fahrenheit scale for temperature, it is assumed that it is inferior, much like how Americans use the inferior Imperial system of measurements for everything. However, the temperature scales need to be examined separately from the other metric measurements, as the Fahrenheit scale is more useful and practical than Celsius for most uses.

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3:42 Quick Teaching of Fahrenheit

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[jeremycraft]

Kelvin describes how atoms feel. Celsius describes how water feels. Fahrenheit describes how humans feel.

[jermsmason]

In fahrenheit: at 0 you're really cold, at 100 you're really hot.
In Celcius: at 0 you're cold, at 100 you're dead.
in Kelvin: at 0 you're dead, at 100 you're dead.

[stevemarvin]

Mnemonic device for C to F conversion.
0 is freezing, 10 is not, 20 is pleasing, 30 is hot

[leonardpoindexter]

Good news when it’s -40 degrees both Fahrenheit and Celsius are the same😂

[TJK]

0F bone chilling
10F frigid
20F freezing
30F cold
40F chilly
50F cool
60F mild
70F warm
80F hot
90F very hot
100F extremely hot

[joelb]

Fahrenheit is for people, Celsius is for water. As a people i approve of this message.

[alastairdallas]

As an American, I've been more comfortable with Celsius since I learned this rhyme: 30 is hot, 20 is nice \ 10 is cool and 0 is ice.

[pickingprofessor]

Here’s the best way I’ve found to interpret Celsius weather forecasts: “30 is hot, 20 is nice, 10 is cold, 0 is ice.”

[bsharasakass]

1. Celsius can and is used in science, too (not only Kelvin).
2. You said that -10° C is cold/ok, when water freezes at 0° C. -10° C is really, really, cold. The fact that we known that water freezes at 0°C makes using the Celsius scale really easy to describe how cold it is. Anything below 0° is freezing cold. Anything close to 0° is quite cold. Also, the body temperature is 36.8° C, which is usually hotter than the surrounding temperature.
3. Using a scale from 0 to 100 is quite wide..you can never be accurate with such range, how much more when the temperature is above 100!
4. The only people in the comments defending the Fahrenheit scale are Americans, which makes sense..

[brentnashville]

Of course Mr. Fahrenheit meant for 100 to be the average human body temperature but was a bit off due to a rounding error.

[joanbennettnyc]

COOKING & BAKING: Fahrenheit's smaller degree increments can be more precise, allowing for finer adjustments in temperature

[jamesslick]

IIRC, Fahrenheit himself (A GERMAN, not British OR American!) wanted 100 degrees to be the normal human temperature, since it's 98.6 F- He was damn close. Fahrenheit is the HUMAN relatable scale. Also, I remember when Celsius was called Centigrade and Kilohertz was called kilocycles. Then one day they changed, and no one told me. Yes, I'm old. LOL.

[andreseduardove]

I’ll sum up this video in one line: “Fahrenheit is better than Celsius because I like counting from 0 to 100”

[noodengrthree]

Andres Celsius was 43 when he passed but Dan Fahrenheit insisted he was really was 109.

[Mikearice]

Metric is better than imperial for doing calculations and conversions, but if you're doing manual work there can be benefits to using using like feet and inches with divisions of 12 because it divides evenly more ways than 10 does. (1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 versus 1, 2, 5, and 10.) It's the same reason that our time system is not based on 10s. You can use more simple numbers without using decimals.

[sirnik]

I drive a German car, and I feel Celsius is better for understanding the temp gauge in the car. You know right away 100 in boiling, so any temp over 100 your relying on the cooling system to hold more pressure as the water in the system is wanting to undergo a phase change. With proper coolant the boiling point can be raised, which is why the temp gauge red line is at 110-120. But even if you put straight water in your car you can understand pretty easily that 100+ is pushing your luck.

[lshrd]

I think the bands of 10 works very well. 40s cold, 50s cool, 60s mild, 70s warm, 80 hot, for example. Numbers between give granularity.

[johanlindbom]

I disagree! Celsius is great, you get to work around the zero and the 100 which is practical. I wouldn’t say water freezing and boiling are only scientific things, they serve a purpose in your everyday life too.

Temperature below zero means that the car should have winter tires, the kids should have padded clothes, main water connectors that aren’t in use during winter should be turned off etc.

Temperature above 100 means that bacteria dies, the oil temperature in your car is ok, your sauna is too hot etc.

[stevenplaysbone]

Fahrenheit is perfect for weather because you know 100 is too damn hot, 0 is too damn cold, and 69 is nice.

[cbru]

As an American engineer, this got me quite frustrated. Your tagline of “science uses Kelvin” is a major oversimplification. A change of 1 degC is the exact same as a change of 1 degK. Most calculations I’ve done involving temperature are done to calculate changes in temperature rather than absolute temperature. In these scenarios, science uses Celsius and Kelvin interchangeably. In fact, since the majority of heat exchangers, insulation, radiators, etc. are used on Earth rather than space, change in DegC is the most common. And the interdependence of units in Metric connecting volume, energy, and temperature make DegC the absolute best unit for connecting people to the physical world around us.