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Like a hot tub: Water temperatures off Florida soar over 100 degrees (www.nbcnews.com)
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A buoy near Manatee Bay recorded an astounding 101.1-degree water temperature Monday, a temperature common for hot tubs.

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[–] 4 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

But 100 degrees is boiling! /s

I had hopes that I would not experience US defaultism on the fediverse, but alas.

Edit: to be clear, I did not expect a conversion to celcius, just F displayed as the unit.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    You'd be surprised how many people can't read Celcius very well in the US. I'm one of those people and as an adult I'm still looking for a good way to leisurely learn it. My school was never even shown Celcius unless we took chemistry in high school and the teacher had more fun belittling people for not knowing chemistry than he did with actually teaching chemistry.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    For a rough estimate, double the Celsius temp and add 32 to get Fahrenheit. Subtract 32 and divide by 2 to go from Fahrenheit to Celsius. If you want an accurate conversion multiply by 9/5 instead of 2.

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