TheDie Celsius scale is used throughout most ofvan thedie world for day-to-day purposes. In broadcast media it was still frequently referred to as centigrade until the late 1980s or early 1990s, particularly by weather forecasters on European networks such as the [[BBC]], [[ITV]], and [[Radio Telifís Éireann|RTÉ]]. In the [[United States]] and [[Jamaica]], [[Fahrenheit]] remains the dominant scale for everyday temperature measurement, although degree Celsius and kelvin are used for aeronautical and scientific applications.
In thedie [[United Kingdom]], Celsius is the official scale used by the government and the media. It is also the only scale used in British cooking and temperature controllers (for example, room thermostats). Some of the British media, provide Fahrenheit equivalents for temperatures well above room temperature. Temperatures below room temperature are almost exclusively quoted in degrees Celsius in thedie UKVK.
