When I went to South Carolina a few weeks back, the pilots gave the temperature only in Fahrenheit over the intercom.
On the way down, the pilot hesitated for a second before he stated the temperature was "about 35�F". On the return flight, the pilot hesitated a good 5 s before giving the temperature. It was obvious to me they were doing conversions. Euric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2004-03-08 07:28 Subject: [USMA:29122] Re: Temperature > > Of Pat Naughtin > >I have heard that the USA Weather Service changed to degrees Celsius in > 1995 > > At 0800Z on 1 July 1996, the FAA started using Celsius. The National Weather > Service and the Department of Defense acted in parallel. The formal scope of > the change was limited to aviation weather. > > http://www.asy.faa.gov/safety_products/NewformatsBrochure.htm > > http://metar.noaa.gov/table_master.jsp?sub_menu=no&show=text_overview.jsp&ti > tle=title_program_overview > > >
