Negative degrees. Estamos a dos grados negativos. Is this correct?

Question

Estamos a dos grados negativos. It's negative two degrees.

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Estamos a un grado negativo. It's negative one degree.

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Estamos a cero grado? (That seems a little off to me.) Estamos a un grado de cero. (This sounds better to me, but what do I know?!)

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Are these correct? Gracias por su ayuda.

bajo cero, I think. - annierats, Nov 6, 2013

Answer 1

I don't know if this will help but here goes. I have a Mexican friend who refers to perfect weather (ie. temperature) as being cero grados. I know this does not follow the matching rule, but that is what he says.

Julio: Gringo, es cero grados. Gringo: ¿De veras? A mi parece es menos un grado.

The real tempurature may be 20 or 25 centigrade. It is a kind of relative thing.

Answer 2

A few options:

Hace dos grados bajo cero

Estamos a dos grados bajo cero

Estamos a menos dos grados

Estamos por debajo de dos grados

La temperatura es de dos grados bajo cero

Gracias. This is exactly what I needed. How would it change if it becomes 0 degrees? - rheit, Nov 6, 2013

Answer 3

Normalmente se escribe -25C, o 25 grados bajo cero. Por ejemplo, la temperatura más baja en Suecia ha sido de -52,6 °C en Vuoggatjålme en 1966. ¡ Tenemos inviernos muy fríos en Suecia!

Maybe you can see why I don't live in Sweden any more.. - annierats, Nov 6, 2013

I appreciate this info. In this instance, I'm more concerned with how to say it. Knowing how to write it is definitely useful as well. - rheit, Nov 6, 2013

Wow! !No me gustaría viajar a Suecia en invierno! - rheit, Nov 6, 2013