Other forms: Fahrenheits
The Fahrenheit scale is used to measure temperature in the U.S. If you're planning to take a nice, warm bath, you'll want the water to be about 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
Most of the world measures temperature using a Celsius scale, but in the U.S., water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit and boiling water measures 212 degrees Fahrenheit. The scale is named for its inventor, a German physicist named Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, who developed it in 1724. Until the 1960s, Fahrenheit was the most widely-used scale for measuring temperature. Today, Americans using British recipes, for example, have to translate Celsius to Fahrenheit before setting their ovens.