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The easiest way I find is to memorize the 0/10/20/30C to F conversions, then plus/minus at 2 to 1 from there.
32 = 0 50 = 10 68 = 20 86 = 30
70F is ~21C, 54F is ~12C, 81F is ~27.5C.
This comparison makes Celsius look even harder to use hahaha.
Only 10 degrees between 68 and 86? That's either a very nice but chilly day or a hot day
Where I grew up it was between 20 and 30 much of the year. Honestly a 10 point warmness scale is quite easy to adjust to.
I have heard farenheit defenders point out that we're not water - that farenheit cares about the temperatures that humans care about
We are not water.
But the weather is.
"The Weather" has never come close to 100C. "The Weather" is rarely below -17C and rarely above 37C: 0F to 100F
"The weather" makes far more sense in F than C.
Cooking makes sense in Celsius. We are regularly concerned about freezing and boiling when we are cooking.
Wow. That's hot. And cold. I am suitably impressed that you've experienced temperatures that most people will never see.
I'm born and raised in the US, so I grew up on Fahrenheit, but switched my phone to Celsius about 10 years ago because I wanted to better understand the scale and have stuck with it ever since. I really don't need to know the exact temperature when I check the weather, just an estimate of whether I should dress for "hot", "cold", or "mild". One of the "tricks" I heard early on was similar: 0°C is freezing. 10°C is cold. 20°C is comfortable. 30°C is warm/hot. 40°C is fucking hot.
I can honestly say that I can only tell apart differences of 1 °F in the context of pools. With air temperature there's humidity, wind, and sunlight that all contribute to the experienced temperature in ways that can make two 68 degree days feel entirely different.