温度

Growing up in Asia for the first part of my life, I am used to the concept of Celsius. I have now been in US for so many years, yes, exactly half of my life, I still can not get used to the idea of Fahrenheit. Like I completely know how it feels when it is 15C vs. 19C. But I have no clues how cold or hot 65F vs 72F is supposed to feel. Or whether I still need to bring a sweater for 80F? I was living in SF the first 5 years I came to study. There is just 4 seasons in one day for SF, so I will have a thick, a warm and a thin jackets in my car, always. So that kind of clouded the idea of Fahrenheit... Then I moved to San Jose where it's just one season in a day but 2 seasons in a year. Hot or cold. It's cold in winter and spring and then suddenly it's so warm that it's just plain hot! I guess spring got lost during the time when we were all affected by allergies cause by either the grass (weed) or the pine. Anyway, up to this day, I am still doing the calculation in my head whenever they say "High will be at low 80s and low near the coastal areas will be at mid-60s." (80-32=48 divided by 2 = 24 and 65-32=33 /2 = 16)

I don't understand why we need 2 temperature systems. Can we just stick with Celsius?

Also I was talking to my friend who grew up in Taiwan. We remembered the hottest day in our countries, back then was around 34C. But these days, the summer over in Taipei or Hong Kong is 38C or 39C! And it's not uncommon to have a few of those days. Those who are concerned about global warming should probably tour the fast growing countries in Asia.


温度
Ondo

華氏 (カ氏) vs. 摂氏 (セ氏)
Kashi vs. Sesshi
Fahrenheit vs. Celsius