It is still used by the general population for everyday temperature measurement in the United States and a few other English-speaking countries.
Which other English countries? I thought in UK, Canada, Ireland weather reports and medical body temperature measurements were metricated; they certaintly are in Australia and NZ, which is close to the whole English-speaking world, bar the US. -- SJK
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