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It's Getting Hot in Here!

Saturday, March 20, 2010
This week, Ahmedabad experienced a little pre-summer heatwave. It went a little something like this:
  • Monday, March 15th--high of 37ºC
  • Tuesday, March 16th--high of 38ºC
  • Wednesday, March 17th--high of 38ºC
  • Thursday, March 18th--high of 40ºC
  • Friday, March 19th--high of 41ºC
  • Saturday, March 20th--high of 41ºC
The formula to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit is as follows: ºF=(ºC+32)*9/5

You tell ME how hot it got in here! Perhaps, as incentive to participate, if you get ALL the correct answers, I'll send you a little prize (just leave your answers in the comments).

I would also like to add, Steve and I did NOT turn on the air-conditioner ONCE during this heatwave (which is still going strong, and supposed to last until Monday or Tuesday). That makes us troopers. And yes, I would like some sort of prize for my trooper-ness. 
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