Yes, we are in the same country ... I think ...

[Pixelated]

Brother (in Saskatoon) advises they have snow on the ground ... "looks more like Christmas morning than Easter ..."

Meanwhile, here in southern Ontario, we are approaching 80F (27C) ...

[KuariKaydrith]

Here at the easternmost city of Canada we're at 10C! There's odd weather all across the country.

[raw1989]

its like 90 here im in the states have no clue how to covert it I live in florida however its not humid and is rather enjoyable if in the shade.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

raw1989, a simple way to convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit is "double then add 30", so taking your reading and going backwards is 90-30=60, divided by 2 = 30 (roughly).

This week's been wonky up where I live. Monday through to Wednesday were +10C (50F) and sunny, then it snowed a good 4-6 inches (10cm) of snow all through Thursday to Saturday, then sunny again today. The snow is almost gone.

[lordlundar]

Yeah our Easter Sunday felt more like a warm winter day than spring. Had to be all the snow on the ground that fell for the two days prior.

[Nunavut Pants]

raw1989, a simple way to convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit is "double then add 30", so taking your reading and going backwards is 90-30=60, divided by 2 = 30 (roughly).

You can get the actual numbers with just a little more difficult math--multiply by 9, divide by 5, then add 32. Not quite as easy as EPG's shortcut, but still doable.

Or you can use the XKCD scale-- https://xkcd.com/526/

"30C - beach weather
25C - warm room
. . . .
10C - jacket weather
. . . .
-40C - spit goes 'clink'"

Or remember that 37C is body temp (98.6F), and that -40 is the same in both scales. And on and on.


Heh, a bit of a sidetrack, but I really wanted to post the "spit goes 'clink'" bit...

[dalesys]

... "-40C - spit goes 'clink'"...

Not just spit. My cousin from Fairbanks told of the dreaded peesicle... (CDF -50F camping merit badge)

[wolfie]

XKCD got one of their references wrong. Their "real world" example of what 3 L is like? A two-litre bottle.

[dalesys]

XKCD got one of their references wrong. Their "real world" example of what 3 L is like? A two-litre bottle.

Imperial liters, man.

[wolfie]

I've heard of "metric pounds" (500 grams), but not "imperial litres".

As for the old chestnut, which weighs more - a pound of feathers or a pound of gold?

[dalesys]

... but not "imperial litres"...

Imperial Gallon = 1.2 US gallon, because the empire was expanding.
Imperial Litre = 0.666 EU litre, because the Empire's gone to ...

A pound of feathers weighs more.
1 pound feathers: 16*28.35 = 453.6g
1 pound gold: 12*31.1 = 373.2g

[lordlundar]

As for the old chestnut, which weighs more - a pound of feathers or a pound of gold?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH0hikcwjIA

Couldn't resist.

[wolfie]

A pound of feathers weighs more.
1 pound feathers: 16*28.35 = 453.6g
1 pound gold: 12*31.1 = 373.2g

Most people don't get that one - hinges on the fact that precious metals are weighed in Troy units, while other stuff is weighed in Avoirdupois units. A Troy ounce is more than an Avoirdupois ounce, but there are fewer in a pound, so a Troy pound is less than an Avoirdupois pound.

I once saw this converted to Metric by someone who didn't understand the reasoning - it asked which weighed more, a kilogram of gold or a kilogram of feathers. There is only one standard for kilogram.