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HALLIEBETH87. 32 Celsius is indeed pretty hot. It equals 89.6 Fahrenheit, so is like a hot day in summer. This may seem odd considering that 32 F is the freezing point in Fahrenheit. The freezing point in Celsius is always easy to remember, as it is 0 C. It's also easy to remember the boiling point in Celsius as that is 100 C, while in Fahrenheit the boiling point is 212 F.
I knew a little about the metric system from my childhood in the mid 1970s, as it was taught in my second grade class, and I recall loving those few lessons. But then they stopped teaching it much, because a certain US president nixed the Act that was to spearhead the transfer (see
Metric Conversion Act - Wikipedia [Political junk.] In recent years, I've had to learn it more again. Having a European husband and moving to Europe made it necessary. Frankly, the metric system is far easier to use and more accurate/practical than the US measurement systems, yet the US public still uses the old ones. I think it's a matter of lost chance to change, and a romanticism or allegiance to the olden ways. And again, political stuff (US corporations not wanting to have to change $$$$). The US soda (pop) industry coincidentally uses metric for their large plastic bottle products (liter or 2 liter), but not most of their canned ones (still 12 oz, mostly). It was their flirtation with the change to metric, back in the 1970s. Other producers hadn't made a change. Then the Act was nixed... [I love such history! Sorry if this is uninteresting to anyone.]
How I remember approximate temp feel in Celsius is:
-40 C = -40 F (the temp C & F scales intersect) - Evil nasty freezing day in Siberian winter
0 C - Freezing point (32 F)
10 C - Kinda nippy, need warm jacket (50 F)
20 C - The temp my MIL required for Hubby to go outside without a jacket, when a kid (68 F).
30 C - Hot day in summer (89.6 F)
37 C - Base body temperature (98.6 F)
40 C - Brutally hot summer day (104 F)
100 C - Boiling point (212 F)
175 C - About 350 F, a common cake baking temp
200 C - Temp for making baked salmon (15 to 20 min) or chicken parts (35 to 45 mins)
250 C - Temp for making homemade pizza in regular oven
-273.15 C is the temp assigned to 0 degrees Kelvin (Absolute Zero), which is around -459.67 F
If one asks "What the 'F' about Fahrenheit?" it is a good question. The original creator of this system, physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, in the early 1700s, likely based 0 F on "the freezing temperature of a solution of brine made of water, ice, and ammonium chloride (a salt)". While Celsius freezing point is for water alone. US volume and distance measurements are based on even more quasi ancient systems. For example, the US foot is literally based on the length of the average man's foot size, at the time. Again, all metric measurements follow the 0 to 100 system, making mathematical conversions far easier and 100 grams of water = 100 milliliters of water. 1 kilogram (1000 grams) equals 1 liter of water, etc. 100 cm = 1 meter and 1000 meters equals 1 kilometer. With the US system, you really do need a calculator or a bunch of tools that can be a nuisance, or be a mathematical whiz/savant.