Are negative single digits considered single digits?

[Renew Deal]

[fargone]

1. Not without the "negative"

[Blues Heron]

2. No, that is below zero territory

Single digits is just the approach to zero from above. After that the below zero status takes priority.

[OAITW r.2.0]

4. Huh? 9 and -9 are single digit numbers.

+ or - has nothing to do with the fact that they are single digit numbers. Or the fact that only 8 other numbers share this label.

[patphil]

5. Agreed. The only difference is that the "+" sign is understood for the positive numbers, and is tnerefore not needed.

[Blues Heron]

6. Just talking purely in the weather usage context. Of course you are right in the math context!

[OAITW r.2.0]

7. Not sure how the weather context changes the point on weather scale. 9 and -9 have an 18 degree delta.

around 0.

[Blues Heron]

8. If someone says single digits you know it's above zero because otherwise they'd be bragging about below zero

That’s all, just an observation about the phrase “single digits” in a weather context. Nothing about math or number theory!

[OAITW r.2.0]

9. OK, makes sense.

5 degrees here as I type. 10 degrees colder would put me at -5. Not a whole lot colder, unless I also had winds. Then, the difference is really noticeable.

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. Yes.

[LeftInTX]

10. Yes

[surrealAmerican]

11. Below a certain point, it doesn't matter.

You can't feel the difference. It's all just very, very cold.

[AllaN01Bear]

12. ow . my head hurts.