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Originally Posted by jamesqf
That still goes back to the "handy size" feature of British units. Ever notice that weather reports that give temperatures in C often use decimal points - as in "Australian temperature hits record 31.9 degrees", while in F it's a nice even 115 degrees.
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115 degrees
31.9*C = 89.4*F
I'd venture that the 31.9*C record is simply due to some over zealous weather person excessively enamored of a digital thermometer (that's probably isn't really accurate to +-0.1*C anyway). Transplant the same idiot to the USA with the same thermometer - they'd switch scales and voilą - a record 89.4*F.
