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Temperature

Convert between Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Kelvin.

Free to use, no sign-up required. Temperature is one of 198 tools built into Xenition, alongside a chat that can use them for you.

Converts a temperature between Celsius, Fahrenheit and Kelvin and shows all three at once. Useful for weather, body temperature, recipes and science work.

How to use Temperature

  1. Type the temperature in the Value box.
  2. Choose the scale it is in with the °C, °F or K buttons.
  3. Read all three scales in the boxes below, to up to two decimals.

How it works

The tool converts to Celsius first. From Fahrenheit, °C = (°F − 32) ÷ 1.8; from Kelvin, °C = K − 273.15. It then works out °F = °C × 1.8 + 32 and K = °C + 273.15.

Example

A body temperature of 98.6 °F is 37 °C and 310.15 K. At −40 the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales meet: −40 °F is −40 °C.

Questions about Temperature

Why can’t I just double Celsius and add 30?

That rule of thumb is close near room temperature but drifts elsewhere. 30 °C is really 86 °F, not 90, and 0 °C is 32 °F, not 30. The exact formula is × 1.8 + 32.

What is absolute zero?

0 K, which is −273.15 °C or −459.67 °F — the lowest possible temperature. Kelvin starts there, so it never goes negative and is written without a degree sign.

What it takes

Use it from chat

You do not have to open Temperature to use it. Ask Xenition in plain language and it runs the right tool, then carries the answer into whatever you are working on — a document, a spreadsheet, a deck.

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