How It Works

The Berin temperature scale has 200 degrees from the freezing point of water (-45 °B) to the boiling point of water (155 °B). The scale is adjusted so that 0 °B is exactly 22.5 °C or exactly 72.5 °F, approximately room temperature. The following formulas are used to convert from Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Kelvin to Berin:

°B = (°C × 2) - 45 °B = [(°F - 32) × 10/9] - 45 °B = [(K - 273.15) × 2] - 45

The following formulas are used to convert from Berin to Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Kelvin:

°C = (°B + 45) × 1/2 °F = [(°B + 45) × 9/10] + 32 K = [(°B + 45) × 1/2] + 273.15

Why I Did This

I certainly didn’t set out to create a new temperature scale expecting it to be adopted. I did this because I love tinkering, I love math, and I love coding, especially in PHP. The Berin scale began life as a fixed version of the Fahrenheit scale: I took the Fahrenheit scale and adjusted it so that 0 °F was freezing and 180 °F was boiling. I then modified the resolution of the scale—the number of degrees from freezing to boiling. First, I set it to 360 degrees (twice of Fahrenheit). I later trimmed it down to 200 degrees (twice of Celsius). Adjusting the scale so that 0 °B is room temperature seemed like a neat idea, and it’s different.

As for the name of the scale itself, I originally called it the Meridian scale when it had 360 degrees. I then renamed it the Berka scale, after myself, since temperature scales are usually named after their inventors. Berka sounded, well, stupid, so I changed it to Berin (pronounced like “baron”). Berin sounds nice, and it starts with the first three letters of my last name. That works.

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