Why do people still use Fahrenheit?

A lot of people like to pack Fahrenheit in with feet and miles as “Silly units those Americans use,” touting simplicity of the metric system’s Celsius and X-iometers as proof of their superiority. read more

Most people reading this use Celsius as their temperature scale. Fahrenheit is only used in the Bahamas, Belize, the Cayman Islands, Palau, and the United States and associated territories (Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands). read more

So, it’s quite cold outside in a good portion of the U.S., and that means it’s time to talk about why Americans use Fahrenheit. The United States relies heavily on Fahrenheit—a measurement system that almost no other country in the world uses. read more