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The world of weather has two main ways of measuring the temperature of the air (and the temperature of water, for that matter). The Fahrenheit (F) scale is used in the United States; the Celsius (C) scale is used in much of the rest of the world, including Europe and Canada.

In 1714, German physicist Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit developed a scale where water boils at 212 degrees (F) and freezes at 32 degrees (F).

In 1742, Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius devised a scale in which the melting point of ice is designated zero degrees (C), and the boiling point of water is 100 degrees (C).

This figure is a handy comparison of the two scales.