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Do iowans have Fahrenheit or Celsius?
All of the USA uses Fahrenheit, all of Canada uses Celsius
Why do you convert Fahrenheit to Celsius?
Because Celsius is metric, and everybody in the world uses it. But then we in America made our own thing ( Fahrenheit ) and it's too late to go back.
What is the reason you have the celsius and Fahrenheit scale?
Both scales were developed in the early 18th Century. The Fahrenheit scale was proposed by Daniel Fahrenheit. The freezing point of brine set the 0 point. 180 degrees separated the freezing point of water (32 degrees) from the boiling point (212 deg). Anders Celsius introduced the Centigrade scale in which the freezing point was 0 deg and the boiling point was 100 degrees. Centigrade was later renamed Celsius. The Celsius scale is the international standard, used by most countries and scientific communities in all countries. There are some countries, however, that have not fully adopted the Celsius scale, so the Fahrenheit scale remains in use today.
Which countries uses Fahrenheit?
United States is the ONLY country that uses Fahrenheit all the rest use Celsius.
Why does the US still use Fahrenheit?
The USA is very resistant to metrication.The Fahrenheit scale was the primary temperature standard for climatic, industrial and medical purposes in most English-speaking countries until the 1960s. In the late 1960's and 1970's, the Celsius (formerly centigrade) scale was adopted by most of these countries as part of the standardizing process called metrication. Only in the United States and a few other countries does the Fahrenheit system continue to be used, and only for non-scientific use. Most other countries have adopted Celsius as the primary scale in all use, although Fahrenheit continues to be the scale of preference for a minority of people in the UK, particularly when referring to summer temperatures. Most Britons are conversant with both Celsius and Fahrenheit. Resistance to the Celsius system was partly due to the larger size of each degree Celsius, resulting in the need for fractions, where integral Fahrenheit degrees were adequate for much technical work. The lower zero point in the Fahrenheit system reduced the number of negative signs when measurements such as weather data were averagedthe US is used to this system (not keen on change) also they do not use the Metric system either like they do in most countries, they also do not have a Universal health care system, eventually all this will change with different generations one would think.
