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So it's only 11am and it's already hit 41 degrees Celcius (105.8 in the non-sensical Fahrenheit system)

That's after yesterday's 46C (114F) and 43C (109F) the day before... - and still another three 40 + degree days ahead!!

It was a pretty mild/cold Christmas/New Years (I was actually wearing a jumper on New Years, which is NOT cool) - but Summer has defintely come back and kicked our ass

My brother was in Montreal last month and it sounded crazy cold. I always will be amazed by the extreme temperature differences on the planet

It's so odd thinking about summer and winter being flipped. That said: We sure could use some of that global warming up here!

Frigidus wrote:It's so odd thinking about summer and winter being flipped. That said: We sure could use some of that global warming up here!

We've got it

radiojake wrote:So it's only 11am and it's already hit 41 degrees Celcius (105.8 in the non-sensical Fahrenheit system)

That's after yesterday's 46C (114F) and 43C (109F) the day before... - and still another three 40 + degree days ahead!!

It was a pretty mild/cold Christmas/New Years (I was actually wearing a jumper on New Years, which is NOT cool) - but Summer has defintely come back and kicked our ass

My brother was in Montreal last month and it sounded crazy cold. I always will be amazed by the extreme temperature differences on the planet

imma amke this a farenheit vs celsius discussion

you really can't blame the Americans for the farenheit system, and other odd systems we have

in fact, it is Englands fault, since we got it from them.

they decided to switch later

Kingdroid wrote:imma amke this a farenheit vs celsius discussion

you really can't blame the Americans for the farenheit system, and other odd systems we have

in fact, it is Englands fault, since we got it from them.

they decided to switch later

I know that

Australia used to use Fahrenheit, and other non-metric systems aswell

The keyword here is 'switched'

Australia did it in the 1960's - not sure when Britain did

radiojake wrote:So it's only 11am and it's already hit 41 degrees Celcius (105.8 in the non-sensical Fahrenheit system)

That's after yesterday's 46C (114F) and 43C (109F) the day before... - and still another three 40 + degree days ahead!!

It was a pretty mild/cold Christmas/New Years (I was actually wearing a jumper on New Years, which is NOT cool) - but Summer has defintely come back and kicked our ass

My brother was in Montreal last month and it sounded crazy cold. I always will be amazed by the extreme temperature differences on the planet

About a week ago it was -17 Fahrenheit (-27.222 in the dumb ass Celcius system) here.

Martin Ronne wrote:
About a week ago it was -17 Fahrenheit (-27.222 in the dumb ass Celcius system) here.

Shit that is cold, something i have not even been close to experiencing

I called Farenheit non-sensical because there is nothing to base the temperature on, it's just a random set of numbers

Celcius, despite your claim, is not 'dumb ass' as it make logical sense.

0C is when water freezes. 100C is when water boils

radiojake wrote:

Martin Ronne wrote:
About a week ago it was -17 Fahrenheit (-27.222 in the dumb ass Celcius system) here.

Shit that is cold, something i have not even been close to experiencing

I called Farenheit non-sensical because there is nothing to base the temperature on, it's just a random set of numbers

Celcius, despite your claim, is not 'dumb ass' as it make logical sense.

0C is when water freezes. 100C is when water boils

There is also to much temperature change in between just a couple degrees.

Logical sense? Why can't water boil at 0ºC and freeze at 100ºC ?
Who determined that hot is up and cold is down?

oVo wrote:Logical sense? Why can't water boil at 0ºC and freeze at 100ºC ?
Who determined that hot is up and cold is down?

Well, it could if you wrote out the temperature system that way, but someone beat you to it.

oVo wrote:Logical sense? Why can't water boil at 0ºC and freeze at 100ºC ?
Who determined that hot is up and cold is down?

Cold is the absence of thermal energy. Temperature is the increased speed of particles.

So yes, hot is up.

ugh i wish it was warmer here. my region is hvaing the coldest winter it's had in almost 80 years...

us georgians ain't used to this kind of cold lol

bbqpenguin wrote:ugh i wish it was warmer here. my region is hvaing the coldest winter it's had in almost 80 years...

us georgians ain't used to this kind of cold lol

GEORGIA! Your complaining about how cold it is in GEORGIA!

Frigidus wrote:It's so odd thinking about summer and winter being flipped. That said: We sure could use some of that global warming up here!

When I was in Kenya, I crossed the equator on foot. somewhere I have two photos of Mrs Curl, one where she's in summer and I'm taking the photo in winter, one where she's in winter and I'm taking the photo in summer.

Martin Ronne wrote:

bbqpenguin wrote:ugh i wish it was warmer here. my region is hvaing the coldest winter it's had in almost 80 years...

us georgians ain't used to this kind of cold lol

GEORGIA! Your complaining about how cold it is in GEORGIA!

Yes, you don't have to drive with these people who have no clue that ice exists. We have to have signs warning them "Caution, Bridge may ice in winter".

oVo wrote:Logical sense? Why can't water boil at 0ºC and freeze at 100ºC ?
Who determined that hot is up and cold is down?

Mercury.

Caleb the Cruel wrote:

oVo wrote:Logical sense? Why can't water boil at 0ºC and freeze at 100ºC ?
Who determined that hot is up and cold is down?

Mercury.

/thread

InkL0sed wrote:

oVo wrote:Logical sense? Why can't water boil at 0ºC and freeze at 100ºC ?
Who determined that hot is up and cold is down?

Cold is the absence of thermal energy. Temperature is the increased speed of particles.

So yes, hot is up.

Incorrect!
You would have to be at absolute zero (-273oC) to have a complete absense of thermal energy.
And because energy is always present, that temperature cannot be reached.

Minister Masket wrote:

InkL0sed wrote:

oVo wrote:Logical sense? Why can't water boil at 0ºC and freeze at 100ºC ?
Who determined that hot is up and cold is down?

Cold is the absence of thermal energy. Temperature is the increased speed of particles.

So yes, hot is up.

Incorrect!
You would have to be at absolute zero (-273oC) to have a complete absense of thermal energy.
And because energy is always present, that temperature cannot be reached.

Semantics. I didn't mean there was no thermal energy, only that the cold has less thermal energy than the warm.

Absense of thermal energy = no thermal energy.

This is exactly why only Kelvin makes sense.

oVo wrote:Logical sense? Why can't water boil at 0ºC and freeze at 100ºC ?
Who determined that hot is up and cold is down?

Because we don't like large negative numbers. -272 degrees is okay, but -3500 degrees isn't.

Our minds are just stupid and not logical, but the logic behind the system makes sense to us.

Minister Masket wrote:Absense of thermal energy = no thermal energy.

Again. Semantics.

Also, water is the most common thing on this planet we can think off that is easily recognisable. It freezes below 0 celsius and boils at 100 celsius, those temperatures are normal on this planet. Unlike the boiling and freezing points of oxygen.

Snorri1234 wrote:Also, water is the most common thing on this planet we can think off that is easily recognisable. It freezes below 0 celsius and boils at 100 celsius, those temperatures are normal on this planet. Unlike the boiling and freezing points of oxygen.

I'm not sure Oxygen even has a freezing point.