This article describes "degree" as a unit of temperature. For alternative meanings, see Degree (disambiguation).
The term degree is used in several scales of temperature. The symbol ° is usually used, followed by the initial letter of the unit, for example °C for degree(s) Celsius. (For temperature differences, the usage is sometimes reversed; then 100 C°, or "100 Celsius degrees", is a temperature difference, while 100 °C, or "100 degrees Celsius", is an actual temperature.) These include:
Due to a similar appearance in some fonts in print and on computer screens, some other characters may be mistakenly substituted for it: the "masculine ordinal indicator" (U+00BA, º), the "ring above" (U+02DA, ˚), "superscript zero" (U+2070, ⁰), superscript zero proper (0) or superscript letter "o" (o), and the "ring operator" (U+2218, ∘).
It was found that for an average outdoor temperature of 65 degreesFahrenheit, most buildings require heat to maintain a 70 degreetemperature inside.
Insects are unable to control their body temperature and are dependent upon the temperature of their surroundings for warmth, thus the measure of temperature can allude to the existence of insects.
The determination of growing degree days is very similar to that of the heating degree days used by a company selling home heating fuel to determine the schedule of the next shipment of fuel oil.
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