-20 degrees Fahrenheit (-20 °F)

-20 degrees Fahrenheit equals -28.888889 degrees Celsius, 244.26111 kelvins, 439.67 degrees Rankine and -23.111111 degrees Réaumur.

-20 degrees Fahrenheit = -28.88888889 degrees Celsius

What -20 degrees Fahrenheit means in practice

-20 degrees Fahrenheit sits between dry ice sublimes (-109.3 °F) and water freezes (32 °F).

  • Absolute zero: -459.67 °F
  • Liquid nitrogen boils: -320.422 °F
  • Coldest temperature recorded on Earth (Vostok, 1983): -128.56 °F
  • Dry ice sublimes: -109.3 °F
  • Water freezes: 32 °F
  • A cool spring day: 50 °F
  • Typical room temperature: 68 °F
  • A hot summer day: 86 °F
  • Normal human body temperature: 98.6 °F
  • Hottest air temperature recorded (Death Valley, 1913): 134 °F
  • Water boils at sea level: 212 °F
  • A moderate oven for baking: 356 °F
  • Paper ignites (Fahrenheit 451): 451 °F
  • Lead melts: 621.428 °F
  • Pizza oven: 842 °F
  • Iron melts: 2,800.13 °F
  • Surface of the Sun: 9,929.93 °F

-20 degrees Fahrenheit in all temperature units

UnitValueScientific notation
Degrees Celsius (°C) -28.88888889-2.88889 × 101
Kelvins (K) 244.26111112.44261 × 102
Degrees Rankine (°R) 439.674.3967 × 102
Degrees Réaumur (°Ré) -23.11111111-2.31111 × 101
Degrees Delisle (°De) 193.33333331.93333 × 102
Degrees Newton (°N) -9.533333333-9.53333 × 100
Degrees Rømer (°Rø) -7.666666667-7.66667 × 100
Millikelvins (mK) 244,261.11112.44261 × 105
French oven thermostats (Th) -0.962962963-9.62963 × 10-1
Planck temperatures (TP) 1.7240533 × 10-301.72405 × 10-30
Electronvolts (temperature) (eV) 0.021048793982.10488 × 10-2
Microkelvins (µK) 244,261,111.12.44261 × 108
Nanokelvins (nK) 244,261,111,1002.44261 × 1011
Degrees Wedgwood (°W) -8.444444444-8.44444 × 100
Degrees Leiden (°L) 224.11111112.24111 × 102

Other amounts of degrees Fahrenheit

About the degree Fahrenheit

The degree Fahrenheit (°F) is the unit of temperature used for everyday purposes in the United States and a few other countries. Read more about degrees Fahrenheit.