melts at Xdegrees Celsius; boils at Xdegrees Celsius
They were telling us how many degrees it gets up to on sunny days, but they were talking aboutdegrees Celsius, and I don't remember the numbers.
2025 January 14, Jay Ganglani and Kocha Olarn, “59 degrees Fahrenheit might not sound that chilly. In Thailand’s capital, it’s a shock to the system”, inCNN[1]:
Temperatures in Bangkok fell as low as 59.3 degrees Fahrenheit (15.2degrees Celsius) on Monday, the lowest the capital has seen in years, as the country’s weather agency warned cool conditions could persist through mid-February.
In technical contexts, the symbol should always include both the degree symbol⟨°⟩ and the⟨C⟩ identifying the scale, as the symbol⟨C⟩ alone is used forcoulombs. In informal usage, where the meaning is clear, the degree symbol is sometimes omitted (in part because the degree symbol is generally not one of the keys on a keyboard).
Wikipedia article on the degree Celsius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia