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coredog64 · 2020-10-13 15:58:34+00:00

-40C or -40F?

tedunangst | karma 26000 | avg karma 2.74 · | 2021-06-19 04:30:07+00:00

Um, -40C is -40F.

drewcoo | karma 3341 | avg karma 1.1 · | 2023-02-04 02:18:49

-40C is also -40F, so -46 in whichever is colder.

MilnerRoute | karma 15862 | avg karma 5.14 · | 2022-07-16 15:27:49

40C = 104F

wombatpm | karma 2056 | avg karma 2.64 · | 2021-04-06 00:13:17+00:00

Protip: -40C == -40F

zeekaran | karma 109 | avg karma 1.91 · | 2024-01-16 12:53:32

Fun fact: -40C is equal to -40F! So you can just say -40 and it means the same to everyone.

foobarian | karma 8038 | avg karma 2.62 · | 2023-09-07 19:27:54

That's pretty great because -40F = -40C :-)

Izkata | karma 8171 | avg karma 1.58 · | 2023-04-16 03:14:51

Unrelated fun fact, -40 F = -40 C

matt_the_bass | karma 1034 | avg karma 0.87 · | 2020-01-05 00:58:45

Fun fact: -40C == -40F

jcranmer | karma 30697 | avg karma 4.25 · | 2020-10-13 16:00:05+00:00

-40°C = -40°F.

vividmind | karma 91 | avg karma 1.52 · | 2013-01-29 18:42:13+00:00

I think they've meant -40 C.

albatross13 | karma 173 | avg karma 0.91 · | 2020-07-23 17:22:15

Just to add some clarification, this only works at -40.

-44F is -42.2222C.

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coolspot | karma 3600 | avg karma 2.44 · | 2021-06-19 04:25:40+00:00

-40C is very close to 0F (-32C) claimed above.

Update: -40F is -40C, oops, my bad, I don’t understand Fahrenheit. ¯\_(?)_/¯

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NiekvdMaas | karma 1976 | avg karma 8.1 · | 2013-01-29 12:32:28

You should read that as -40 degrees - likely Celcius and not Fahrenheit you refer to. Funny thing is, -40 C = -40 F.

wglb | karma 64679 | avg karma 7.38 · | 2013-05-13 20:39:58+00:00

Ah, but what it it when it is -40?

klondike_klive | karma 399 | avg karma 1.66 · | 2020-03-06 23:39:08+00:00

Is that -40 celsius or fahrenheit?

eurleif | karma 2988 | avg karma 2.83 · | 2013-03-23 05:42:40+00:00

The fact that -40 C = -40 F is a random bit of trivia that not everyone can be expected to know. If it just said -40 degrees, it would be confusing to anyone who wasn't aware.

rando444 | karma 2462 | avg karma 3.93 · | 2018-05-12 17:18:19+00:00

I think he's saying -40C and -40F are the same thing, and is complaining about the units being on the 40 and not the 30.

It's a rather extreme nitpick.

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simonblack | karma 2316 | avg karma 0.51 · | 2014-05-30 14:43:03

Was that -40 F. or -40 C. ?

<grin>

Now -40 K., I'd like to see that!

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pyre | karma 21143 | avg karma 2.37 · | 2013-01-29 20:06:08+00:00

Note: -40C == -40F, so grecy doesn't need to specify the units[1]!

[1] Unless he's using Kelvins.

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