Degrees C/F?

Question

I always get confused with degrees C/F

One says "It is 80 degrees right now. Up here temperatures will plummet to 20 degrees. At the bottom, it will be 40 degrees warmer"

The first "degrees" is Fahrenheit, but I don't get the second and third "degrees" .

Does this mean "Up here will be 60 degrees F (80-20=60) and the bottom will be 100 degrees F (60+40=100)"?

Confusing!

Please help me with this...

Answer 1

Where on Earth did you find this? This sounds like someone was in a rush. Unless he or she was trying to say something else, then what I am about to say is correct. What they are (trying to) say is that there location, where ever it may be, it 80 degrees. At that same location, the temperature will drop to 20 degrees. At a different location, it looks like he or she is trying to say that the temperature will be greater than 80 by another 40 degrees. That suggests a temperature of 120.

Answer 2

I believe they are saying that now it is 80 degrees F at the top of a mountain or something, but it can reach 20 degrees F which is cold (12 degrees below freezing , 32 F).  At the bottom of the mountain it is remarkably warmer (40 degrees warmer) than it 20 F which is 60 degrees F.  They are probably talking about winter in this area.  The current temp (80 F) is probably summer.  I doubt any of these temps are in Celsius because only 20 degrees C is a normal daily temp of our earths environment, which is approximately 68 degrees F., so 60 and 80 would be extremely hot.