[Vocabulary] -15˚C = fifteen degrees below zero Centigrade/Celsius

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How do you read -15˚C ?
fifteen degrees below zero Centigrade or Celsius?
 
Some people still use the word 'Centigrade'. The preferred word is 'Celsius'.
 
How do you read -15˚C ?
fifteen degrees below zero Centigrade or Celsius?

In Canada you often hear "minus fifteen."
 
"Minus fifteen Centigrade" for me.
 
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