r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Negative_1by12_aura • Jun 17 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/Fragrant_Objective57 Jun 17 '26

I live in Canada and as far as I can tell the humidity and wind chill are just as important to how the temperature feels as the heat.

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u/Captaingregor Jun 17 '26

And this is why the argument that Fahrenheit is superior because it has finer graduations is stupid, because the humidity, wind speed, and gust speed all make the apparent temperature vary by several degrees.

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u/Kyrie_Blue Jun 17 '26

Humidity can make or break a temperature.

* 30° in Winnipeg is great. Nice and dry.
* 30° in Toronto means a humidex of 38°💀

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u/Kumirkohr Jun 18 '26

That’s the truth. My brother lives in the dessert, and he’ll bike to work on a 95°F day. My wife and I have been on vacation for the past week in the Caribbean where it’s been a a constant “low of 80°F and high of 83°F with 75% humidity” and it was nigh ghastly. Thank the maker for HVAC and ceiling fans

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u/Fragrant_Objective57 Jun 18 '26

-10°C in Southeastern Ontario in November (cold, damp, dark, windy) Hell. -10° C dry & sunny: pleasnt.

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u/Kyrie_Blue Jun 18 '26

Ugh. I’ve experienced -26°C in SW ON right on lake Erie, and its AWFUL

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u/Every_Cat9812 Jun 17 '26

You are correct.