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**Equackasous** · 05-11-2007, 09:05 AM

I don't like it when supposed professional (eg weathermen) refer to 20 degrees centigrade!!!! WTF! Both Celsius and Fahrenheit are centigrade scales by virtue being based on two fixed temperatures and dividing the gap by 100!

Not really, as only one of them has 0 as the freezing point, and 100 as the boiling point of water. Hence centigrade. Don't make quite as much sense to call it centigrade when you're going from 32 to 220, now does it?

05-11-2007, 09:05 AM	#34
Equackasous Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 468 Senior Member	I don't like it when supposed professional (eg weathermen) refer to 20 degrees centigrade!!!! WTF! Both Celsius and Fahrenheit are centigrade scales by virtue being based on two fixed temperatures and dividing the gap by 100! Not really, as only one of them has 0 as the freezing point, and 100 as the boiling point of water. Hence centigrade. Don't make quite as much sense to call it centigrade when you're going from 32 to 220, now does it?
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