Post by MET on Oct 4, 2023 6:52:35 GMT -5
OK hear me out here.
So, the full question is "Do you think the same degrees feel different in different places" but the forum software won't allow long titles.
Basically, due to calibration errors, different thermometers etc,, do you think it's possible that say, 15°C, 20°C, or whatever could be quite different temperatures in different countries/cities?
I'm NOT talking about how these temps feel based on sun/wind/humidity, but the actual temperature itself being different in two places but somehow reading the same on their relative thermometers.
I know even in England I've travelled across the country say from Sheffield to Lincoln, and the weather was the same 19°C and overcast, but in Lincoln it was actually more like 24°C despite the thermometer saying only 19. It was clearly much warmer though. That's what I mean.
Also I find that certain temps feel a lot warmer in the UK than other countries. Like 14 degrees isn't even cold here. It can even feel muggy and oppressive. But in other countries is way colder. Could it be that when our thermometers say 14, it would actually be 18 in other countries thermometers due to relative errors/calibration errors etc that have somehow become established?
So, the full question is "Do you think the same degrees feel different in different places" but the forum software won't allow long titles.
Basically, due to calibration errors, different thermometers etc,, do you think it's possible that say, 15°C, 20°C, or whatever could be quite different temperatures in different countries/cities?
I'm NOT talking about how these temps feel based on sun/wind/humidity, but the actual temperature itself being different in two places but somehow reading the same on their relative thermometers.
I know even in England I've travelled across the country say from Sheffield to Lincoln, and the weather was the same 19°C and overcast, but in Lincoln it was actually more like 24°C despite the thermometer saying only 19. It was clearly much warmer though. That's what I mean.
Also I find that certain temps feel a lot warmer in the UK than other countries. Like 14 degrees isn't even cold here. It can even feel muggy and oppressive. But in other countries is way colder. Could it be that when our thermometers say 14, it would actually be 18 in other countries thermometers due to relative errors/calibration errors etc that have somehow become established?
