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Can you please explain Fairenheight vs figuring out the celsius equevalaint?Say if it was 29degree,s celsius what wouuld that be in Fairenheight degree,s ?Thank you.

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Bradley,
Here is the conversion formula...

Celsius to Fahrenheit:
Take the number, double it, subtract 1/10th of what you get, add 32.  If you don't do any rounding, this will give you the exact conversion.

For example: 35 Celsius, doubled is 70, subtract 1/10th to get 63, add 32 to get 95 Fahrenheit

Fahrenheit to Celsius:
Take the number, subtract 32, cut it in half, add 1/10th of what you get, round upward.  This is an approximation that I just made up.  It will generally be correct to the nearest degree, but occasionally might be off by one degree.

For example: 90 F, minus 32 is 58, cut in half is 29, add 1/10th to get 31.9, round upward to get 32.

I hope this helped out...

Sincerely,

Dave Dombek
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A weather enthusiast from an early age, Dave Dombek is now an AccuWeather meteorology expert.

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Dave received his B.S. degree in meteorology from the Pennsylvania State University in May of 1980. Dave joined AccuWeather in July of 1980, beginning in the Snow Warning Service late that fall after his few month period of training. Within a short period of time, Dave got involved in radio broadcasting. He spent over 25 years broadcasting forecasts on radio stations throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast states, and has also done newspaper forecasts and television briefings. Currently, Dave is the lead television briefer for all of AccuWeather's television clients in the northeatern quarter of the nation. In his daily forecasting routine, Dave helps coordinate the forecasts in the northeastern part of the country. He is also the Director of Forecaster Hiring and is in charge of hiring new meteorologists. Finally, Dave is the supervisor of the climatology department at AccuWeather. An avid outdoorsman, Dave enjoys hunting and trout fishing. He also enjoys watching football and is a student of history and current events. If Dave doesn't already have enough on his plate, he is married with two teenage daughters. He also leads a small Messianic congregation in the State College, Pa. area.

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