In my new scale, °X, 0 is Earths’ record lowest surface temperature, 50 is the global average, and 100 is the record highest,…

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Title: Temperature Scales. [A table with five columns, labelled in order: Unit, water freezing point, water boiling point, notes, and cursedness.] Celsius: Zero, One Hundred, Used in most of the world, two out of ten. Kelvin, 273.15, 373.15, 0 Kelvin is absolute zero, 2 out 10. Fahrenheit, 32, 212, Outdoors in most places is between 0 to 100, 3 out of 10 Réaumur, 0, 80, Like Celsius, but with 80 instead of 100, 3 out of 8. Rømer, 7.5, 60, Fahrenheit precursor with similarly random design, 4 out of 10. Rankine, 491.7, 671.7, Fahrenheit, but with 0 degrees Fahrenheit set to absolute zero, 6 out of 10. Newton, 0, 33-ish, Poorly defined, with reference points like "the hottest water you can hold your hand in", 7-ish out of 10. Wedgewood, –8, –6.7, Intended for comparing the melting points of metals, all of which it was very wrong about, 9 out of 10. Galen, –4?, 4??, Runs from –4 (cold) to 4 (hot). 0 is "normal"(?), 4 out of negative 4. ''Real'' Celsius, 100, 0, In Anders Celsius's original specification, bigger numbers are ''colder''; others later flipped it, 10 out of 0. Dalton, 0, 100, A nonlinear scale; 0°C and 100°C are 0 and 100 Dalton, but 50 degrees celsius is 53.9 Dalton, 53.9 out of 50.ALT

In my new scale, °X, 0 is Earths’ record lowest surface temperature, 50 is the global average, and 100 is the record highest, with a linear scale between each point and adjustment every year as needed.

Temperature Scales [Explained]

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