Fahrenheit to Celsius Converter

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Common temperature units

Fahrenheit (°F)

Definition: Fahrenheit (symbol: °F) na temperature scale wey water freeze for 32 °F and boil for 212 °F for standard atmospheric pressure. The range between dem na 180 degrees, compared to 100 degrees for Celsius.

History/origin: German physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit develop am for 1724. E base the scale on three points: brine solution freeze point (0 °F), water freeze point (32 °F), and human body temperature (roughly 96 °F for him original scale).

Current use: Fahrenheit still be the official temperature scale for United States for weather, cooking, and everyday use. Some Caribbean countries still dey use am too. Most other countries switch to Celsius during metrication for 20th century.

Celsius (°C)

Definition: Celsius (symbol: °C) na temperature scale wey 0 °C mean water freeze point and 100 °C mean boiling point, both for standard atmospheric pressure (101.325 kPa). E be part of SI.

History/origin: The scale na Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius propose for 1742. E original scale dey inverted: 0 na boiling and 100 na freezing. Dem later reverse am by Carl Linnaeus and others to match today convention. Dem officially name the unit Celsius for 1948.

Current use: Celsius dey used for most countries for everyday temperature: weather forecast, cooking, medicine, and science. Na standard everywhere except United States, wey dey mainly use Fahrenheit.