Well, it usually doesn’t actually start to freeze and snow at 32/0. It’s usually got to be below freezing for a while before it gets icy, and it’ll often snow above freezing and sleet below. It’s usually more dangerous if it’s above freezing because the layers of melting ice make the unmelted ice far more slick.
It’s why for weather information, it really doesn’t matter what scale you use so much as knowing where those bands are on the scale you use.
The peril is a gradient, so the actual number that matches freezing really doesn’t matter.
At least that’s my take as a person who lives somewhere where cold weather conditions are a frequent topic of conversation.
The temperature itself doesn’t start to get perilous until you’re in the negatives on the Fahrenheit scale, or -17C.
Well, it usually doesn’t actually start to freeze and snow at 32/0. It’s usually got to be below freezing for a while before it gets icy, and it’ll often snow above freezing and sleet below. It’s usually more dangerous if it’s above freezing because the layers of melting ice make the unmelted ice far more slick.
It’s why for weather information, it really doesn’t matter what scale you use so much as knowing where those bands are on the scale you use.
The peril is a gradient, so the actual number that matches freezing really doesn’t matter.
At least that’s my take as a person who lives somewhere where cold weather conditions are a frequent topic of conversation.
The temperature itself doesn’t start to get perilous until you’re in the negatives on the Fahrenheit scale, or -17C.
Exactly. My car warns me about freezing conditions starting at 37 F.