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Life & fun · July 4, 2023

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Degrees What?

One of my pet peeves is when people specify a temperature in "degrees" when it’s not clear from the context which scale is being used. I always want to ask “degrees what?” So I made this little conversion tool that uses degrees angle to convert between degrees Fahrenheit and degrees Celsius. Tip: you can add a number in a query to link directly to a temperature. e.g. https://degreeswhat.com/?100

Degrees What? launched on July 4, 2023 with 171 votes, #240 of 4,347 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

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Degrees What? is a temperature conversion tool that converts between Fahrenheit and Celsius using an angle-based visual representation. It addresses the common ambiguity of unspecified temperature scales by allowing users to input a number and instantly see its equivalent across both systems. The tool supports direct linking via URL queries for quick conversions.

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Degrees What? is a tool for converting temperatures between Celsius (°C), Fahrenheit (°F), Kelvin (K) and other scales. It also shows some interesting facts about angles and temperatures.

-459.67 °F = 0 °Ra is absolute zero, the coldest temperature possible -273.15 °C = 0 K is absolute zero, the coldest temperature possible Degrees What? is a tool for converting temperatures between Celsius (°C), Fahrenheit (°F), Kelvin (K) and other scales. It also shows some interesting facts about angles and temperatures. You can link directly to an angle (and temperatures) by adding a query string to the URL. e.g. degreeswhat.com/?100 will link directly to 100°, and will show conversions between Celsius and Fahrenheit. Degrees What? is free to use, and contains no advertising. If you would like to help support it, pleasefrom degreeswhat.com

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