Full name: degree Fahrenheit
Plural form: degrees Fahrenheit
Symbol: °F
Alternate spelling: F
Category type: temperature
Scale factor: 0.555555555556
The SI base unit for temperature is the kelvin.
1 kelvin is equal to 1.8 degree Fahrenheit.
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Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after the German physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), who proposed it in 1724.
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