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Originally Posted by mrnyc
oh please. speak for yourself. no it isn't. i have not noticed any problems listing both fahrenheit/celsius, miles/kilometers and the like here, just like it's done elsewhere. there is nothing to learn and it's not brain surgery. besides, ssp participants are overwhelmingly american. that said, i do wish america would get with the metric system. it'll happen someday soon enough.
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I think the key is: use whatever scale you prefer, just add a "C" or an "F" so people know what scale you are using.
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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
oh yes, compared to london, chicago's winter is significantly colder, no doubt about that, but compared to NYC, chicago's winter is only marginally colder. i was only responding to your lumping of chicago in with edmonton as a "truly cold" city. chicago's winter climate is closer to NYC's than it is to edmonton's. look at december and january when the bottom really falls out on edmonton.
November:
London: 52/40
NYC: 54/42
chicago: 49/35
edmonton: 32/17
December:
London: 47/37
NYC: 43/32
chicago: 35/23
edmonton: 24/8
January:
London: 47/36
NYC: 38/27
chicago: 32/18
edmonton: 21/5
February:
London: 47/36
NYC: 42/29
chicago: 36/22
edmonton: 27/10
March:
London: 52/39
NYC: 50/35
chicago: 47/31
edmonton: 36/19
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What is more surprising is that London is at almost the same latitude as Edmonton and at a pretty higher latitude than New York and Chicago.
Even much lower latitude cities in northamerica could be colder than London in january. Tulsa, Oklahoma, at only 36ºN, have a mean temperatures for january of 48ºF/27ºF (8.9ºC/-2.5ºC)
It is also surprising that the record low for London is only -13.6ºC while that is a temperature that New York, located by the sea at a latitude 10 degrees lower, gets every winter, usually several times. Dallas, which is in average warmer than London in january 57ºF/37ºF (13.8ºC/2.9ºC) has had a record lower than London with -19ºC. Even New Orleans, at only 29ºN has had a sligthly lower record than London, with -14ºC. (but with an average for january much warmer than London)