40 degrees Celsius or 104 degrees Farenheit?

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No doubt we will see a mixture in the papers. It's more than 100 degrees Farenheit but 104 doesn't sound as meaningful as 40 degrees Celsius.

Personally - 40 C makes sense to me. I don't know what 100 F is - although I could work it out. I am not sure what a comfortable room temperature is in F but I know that I like 18 C - 20 C

So will you be saying it's 40 C or 104 F?

Celsius. I'm the same as you, I've never used Fahrenheit so the numbers are pretty meaningless to me

In the hotter temperatures I understand Fahrenheit more.
In the colder temperatures I understand Celsius more.

I learnt Fahrenheit off my parents when we first started going abroad in the 80s.

I’m in my 60s, so grew up with Fahrenheit, and think entirely in that for weather. However, as a retired doctor, I used Centigrade for patient temperatures, so I can convert easily.

I wonder what the papers will have as their headlines?

Britain bakes in 40 degrees heatwave?
"Phor, it's a scorcher. Britons pack beaches as it hits 104 F"?

The papers always go for Fahrenheit as it sounds more dramatic.

I'm the opposite 100°F sounds much hotter than 40°C

I find Fahrenheit much more identifiable in the summer but same as pp its Celsius in the winter 🤷‍♂️

Someone else in their 60s so still thinking in Fahrenheit (I also tend to check prices in £sd and use feet and inches)

I use feet and inches and stones and pounds but Celsius when referring to temperature

I should clarify - in my 20s

Celsius, and 40 is to many.

Too many, even.

I'm the other way round. Once it gets above about 19 I tend to switch to fahrenheit, which I what I grew up with.

In fahrenheit it's easy to know where you are:
60's is mild,
70's is warm,
80's is hot,
90's is bloody hot,
100+ is fucking hot.

Celsius. I thought Americans were the main users of Fahrenheit for weather. I only see Fahrenheit in brackets in recipes so 104 means nothing to me

I think in Fahrenheit. Child of the 60s, I still use feet and inches too.

One of my favourite John Finnemore sketches

I'm 48 so never used and don't understand any imperial measures. I agree the papers that use Fahrenheit are usually trying to be dramatic or they are making a political point.

Celsius here. But I can convert both ways in my head relatively accurately (I'm 45).

Fahrenheit for hot. It'll be over 100 degrees, bloody hot!
Celsius for cold. It'll be -2 today, bloody chilly!

Papers use Fahrenheit when it's hot and Celsius when it's cold.

I use Celsius myself but my neighbour did ask what 40 was in Fahrenheit as he didn't know how hot that was, he is only 3 years older than me, we are both in our 60s

If I take my temperature though, I always use Fahrenheit as I know it should be 98.4 or thereabouts.

Another one in her 60s here - and although I grew up with Fahrenheit, I think of weather in Celsius (though my head says Centigrade). I use feet and inches, stones and lbs, but rarely convert pence to LSD (possibly 'cos I now live in a country where we use the Euro) - though I could if I needed to. I cook using grams, or US cups, though am comfortable enough with lbs and ounces too. Kg confuse me unless it's flour or sugar.

My parents are in their 70s and consider Fahrenheit to be embarrassingly old-fashioned. I'm in my 40s and have no idea what any temp in Farenheit means.

I'm a child of the 60s but think in Celsius, never Fahrenheit.

I switch effortlessly between feet/inches & metres/centimetres, grams/kilos & pounds/ounces depending on context. I think a lot of people in their 50s are comfortable in both.

I'm also just as comfortable in miles and kilometres, probably because I live in an EU country that uses them.

When did they stop using Fahrenheit? It must have been at least 50 years ago. I don't really understand what it means.

I think the Daily Mail and Daily Express still use it.