[burzum]

I hope you are joking, but if you are not: convert your values to kelvins and then compare.

[Izzy Dunne]

I hope you are joking

Yes, I know how to operate a thermometer.

[chronic_loser]

The writer probably never took physics, and the vast majority of the readers have not, either. Converting the temps to an arcane rubric like Kelvin scale (which no one except scientists use) is rather silly for a newspaper article. I took enough physics to get me thru pchem (one year) and cannot remember when I used the Kelvin scale once in the succeeding 29 years.

You made your point. You are technically correct and most of us don't understand......., nor do we care.