Converting Between Degrees Fahrenheit and Centigrades

When you’re converting between degrees Fahrenheit and Centigrades, you’ll want to use the Celsius scale, not Fahrenheit. Fahrenheit is used in the United States, while Celsius is used in most of the world. Water freezes at zero degrees Celsius, and it boils at one hundred.

Table of temperatures related to 52 degrees Fahrenheit to degrees Celsius

To convert 52 degrees Fahrenheit to degrees Celsius, simply divide the Celsius number by the Fahrenheit number. Then, round that number up by two. The freezing point of water is 32 deg F. As a rule of thumb, one degree Celsius changes temperature by two Fdeg. That means that an up-change of two degrees from 50 to 52 is about two, four, five, or seven degrees. Then, round up to 15 degrees or 11 degrees if the Celsius number is higher.

Using the Fahrenheit scale

The Fahrenheit scale is the most commonly used temperature scale in the United States. In the European Union, temperatures are expressed using the Celsius and Kelvin scales. Nevertheless, in the United States, the Fahrenheit scale is still used alongside the Celsius scale. In fact, most countries use Celsius for their temperature measurements.

Fahrenheit’s scale was developed because he believed that a person would freeze to death at 0deg, and that a person would die of heat stroke at 100deg. He also used the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water as reference points on his scale. As a result, each mark on the Fahrenheit scale equals one degree F.

The Fahrenheit scale is still in use today, but it is only official in the United States, the Federated States of Micronesia, Belize, the Marshall Islands, and the Bahamas. Some British Overseas countries still use the Celsius scale, and some countries use both systems.

Using the Celsius scale

You may have heard that 52 degrees Celsius is the same as 52 degrees Fahrenheit. While that is true in the US, it is not the same everywhere. In fact, in most countries, Celsius is used to measure temperatures. For example, water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius and water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.

Most countries use the Celsius scale, but some use Fahrenheit for cooking. Using the Celsius scale is largely the norm for the scientific community, although some sciences require the use of the Kelvin scale. In Canada, for example, weather reports and thermometers display both scales. The European Union has also made Celsius compulsory for public communications and announcements, but allows Fahrenheit scale points as a supplementary measurement.

The Celsius scale was created around the same time as the Fahrenheit scale, although it did not gain widespread acceptance until the 1960s when several countries switched to the metric system. For the rest of the English-speaking world, the Fahrenheit scale remained the primary measurement in the medical community, industrial establishment, and meteorological domain until the early 21st century.