One way to attack this problem is to assume that the original readings were taken in degrees Celsius and converted to Fahrenheit. If one checks all the Fahrenheit readings in a table, one might find that all the readings in the range 28-36°F are even numbers, 37-45°F are odd numbers, 46-54°F are even numbers and so on. The middle number of each sequence of five numbers, namely 32°F, 41°F, 50°F etc is an exact conversion of the equivalent Celsius temperature. An inquiry to the editor of the local TV station, asking why certain values of temperature (such as 31°F, 33°F, 85°F, 87°F) never appeared in the table might force him to admit that they had converted from degrees Celsius.
From: USMA [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of bill roush Sent: 30 May 2020 23:54 To: [email protected] Subject: [USMA 1438] Celsius on local news/weather apps Dear friends, One action I took recently was to download local TV weather apps and see if I could set to celsius. I gave each app a review based on whether or not it was easy to switch to celsius. KCTV 5 in KC used to have an app that could be set to celsius. It was replaced with a new app that can't be. Let's campaign to have app makers incorporate metric, at least as an option.
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