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General Weather/Earth Sciences Topics => Weather Conditions Discussion => Topic started by: mackay on July 17, 2011, 12:29:10 AM
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Just out of interest, I know when people are acclimatised to their local area they feel the cold and hot at different temperatures. Just wondering how everyone else feels about these temps.
Here's my example for how most locals around here would feel:
100F - Ridiculously Hot
95 F - Very Hot
90 F - Really Hot
80 F - Warm
70 F - Pleasant Temperature
65 F - Pleasant
60 F - Pleasant, a little cool if there is a breeze
55 F - Cool
50 F - Chilly
45 F - Cold
40 F - Cold
35 F - Very Cold
30 F - Freezing Cold
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This pretty much sums it up for me. But the older I get the more unpredictible will be how uncomfortable the temp is...especially cold. Tolerate cold a bit more still. Not as easy a question as first seems!
100+ = Way too hot
95 = Miserably hot
90 = Uncomforably hot
80 = warm
70 = Pleasantly nice! (70-75 is perfection!!!)
60 = Stimulatingly nice
50 = coolish
40 = cold
30 = really cold
25 = Very cold!
20 = Penetratingly cold
15 = Freezing cold
below 0= Frigid
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Just out of interest, I know when people are acclimatised to their local area they feel the cold and hot at different temperatures. Just wondering how everyone else feels about these temps.
Here's my example for how most locals around here would feel:
100F - Ridiculously Hot
95 F - Very Hot
90 F - Really Hot
80 F - Warm
70 F - Pleasant Temperature
65 F - Pleasant
60 F - Pleasant, a little cool if there is a breeze
55 F - Cool
50 F - Chilly
45 F - Cold
40 F - Cold
35 F - Very Cold
30 F - Freezing Cold
100F - Take longer frequent breaks Hot
95 F - Take frequent breaks Hot
90 F - Hot
80 F - Warm
70 F - Pleasant Temperature
65 F - Pleasant
60 F - Pleasant, a little cool if there is a breeze
55 F - Cool
50 F - Chilly
45 F - Cold
40 F - Cold
35 F - Very Cold, Stay inside a lot
30 F - Ridiculously Cold, stay inside!
<30F - Move
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100+ Very Hot
90 Hot,swimming weather
80 Warm, but nice
70 Comfortable
60-65 PERFECT!!
55 Pleasant
50 Cool, crisp, and comfortable
40 Chilly, firewood weather
30 A little cold, but not unbearable
20 Cold
10 Pretty nippy!
0>x Very cold
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115 F+ Words cannot describe! :twisted:
110 F- Very Hot
100 F - Hot
90 F - Surprisingly comfortable
80 F - Paradise on Earth \:D/
70 F - Nice
65 F- Fall is in the air
60 F - Cool
55 F - Winter in Vegas :-P
50 F - Chilly
40 F - Cold
30 F - Very Cold
< 30F - Freezing Cold...Protect those sprinkler systems! #-o
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I can handle most anything between 45 and 75. 25 to 45, you just put a few more clothes on. 75 to 85 I can deal with for a while if there's a breeze and it isn't too humid. Below 25 or above 85, I don't function too well.
Now if I could only find a place where the temps were always between 45 and 75 all year long with low humidity - rural, no neighbors for at least a 1/2 mile, cell service, DSL, near enough to a town to make getting supplies easy...............
Hmmmm....
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Cold < 65F
Hot > 75F
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:lol:
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I use to think that 100 was hot but since three tours in Iraq, where daytime temperatures can reach 170, I don't complain about those too much. During the winter months you have the rain and the cold and at night it can get down to around 15 degrees. So a wide range of temperatures. Still over 100 is uncomfortable, and I an fine with anything cold, love it.
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I have posted this before. It addresses the cold. But thing like today. It is ugly. 9 am- heat index of 97F.
THE MINNESOTA TEMPERATURE CONVERSION CHART
>60 Above
>New Jerseyites try to turn on the heat
>People in Minn. plant gardens
>50 Above
>Californians shiver uncontrollably
>People in Minn. sunbathe
>40 Above
>Italian and English cars won't start
>People in Minn. drive with the windows down
>32 Above
>Distilled water freezes
>Lake Mille Lacs water gets thicker
>20 Above
>Floridians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves and woolly hats
>People in Minn. throw on a flannel shirt
>15 Above
>Philadelphia landlords finally turn up the heat
>People in Minn. have the last cookout before it gets too cold
>Zero
>People in Miami all die
>Minnesotans lick the flagpole
>20 Below
>Iowans fly away to Mexico
>People in MN get out their winter coats
>40 Below
>Hollywood disintegrates
>The Girl Scouts in MN are selling cookies door to door
>60 Below
>Polar bears begin to evacuate the Arctic
>MN Boy Scouts postpone "winter Survival" classes until it gets cold enough
>80 Below
>Mt. St. Helen's freezes
>People in MN rent some videos
>100 Below
>Santa Claus abandons the North Pole
>Minnesotans get frustrated because they can't thaw the keg
>297 Below
>Microbial life no longer survives on dairy products
>Cows in MN complain about farmers with cold hands
>460 Below
>All atomic motion stops (absolute zero on the Kelvin Scale)
>People in MN start saying "cold nuff for ya?"
>500 Below
>Hell freezes over
>The Minnesota Vikings win the Super Bowl .
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For me the perfect temp is 62 in direct sunlight. Out of that sunlight and I start to get cold. What can I say, Florida blood.
Hot temps don't affect me at all. 90 to 100 is just fine. I may sweat a bit more but it's ok. Now anything below 60, brrr. Below freezing I find it hard to get by.
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I have posted this before. It addresses the cold. But thing like today. It is ugly. 9 am- heat index of 97F.
THE MINNESOTA TEMPERATURE CONVERSION CHART
>60 Above
>New Jerseyites try to turn on the heat
>People in Minn. plant gardens
>50 Above
>Californians shiver uncontrollably
>People in Minn. sunbathe
>40 Above
>Italian and English cars won't start
>People in Minn. drive with the windows down
>32 Above
>Distilled water freezes
>Lake Mille Lacs water gets thicker
>20 Above
>Floridians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves and woolly hats
>People in Minn. throw on a flannel shirt
>15 Above
>Philadelphia landlords finally turn up the heat
>People in Minn. have the last cookout before it gets too cold
>Zero
>People in Miami all die
>Minnesotans lick the flagpole
>20 Below
>Iowans fly away to Mexico
>People in MN get out their winter coats
>40 Below
>Hollywood disintegrates
>The Girl Scouts in MN are selling cookies door to door
>60 Below
>Polar bears begin to evacuate the Arctic
>MN Boy Scouts postpone "winter Survival" classes until it gets cold enough
>80 Below
>Mt. St. Helen's freezes
>People in MN rent some videos
>100 Below
>Santa Claus abandons the North Pole
>Minnesotans get frustrated because they can't thaw the keg
>297 Below
>Microbial life no longer survives on dairy products
>Cows in MN complain about farmers with cold hands
>460 Below
>All atomic motion stops (absolute zero on the Kelvin Scale)
>People in MN start saying "cold nuff for ya?"
>500 Below
>Hell freezes over
>The Minnesota Vikings win the Super Bowl .
That is funny....really funny!!! =D> =D> =D> :lol: :lol: :lol: =D> \:D/
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I find it interesting that most of you find the temperatures to be cold around the same time as here.
Considering most of you get temps to 0 F in your winter, I didn't expect most to find 40 - 50 F to be cold & chilly as well.
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VA Weather Observer,
"since three tours in Iraq, where daytime temperatures can reach 170"
Is this a typo?!?!
George
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That made me look. I was surprised to see Canada's high, wow. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_weather_records
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35C way too hot
30C Hot enough for ya?
25C hammock weather
20C warm if you're moving
15C a warm day this summer (2011); cool any other summer
10C warm in winter; cool in summer
5C cool
0C should have covered the car windshield
-5C should have drained the irrigation pipes
-10C what is this, Saskatchewan?
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I am with neondesert. His temps are about spot on to what i'm used to here in central TX. 90 is just a normal day--has to be 100+ to be hot. 105+ to be uncomfortable. And anything much below 60-70 is brrr cold :-)
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45 degrees warm, 50 degees baking and -30 just rigth.
-60 bit on the cool side.
John
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>80F Miserable
60-70F Comfortable for light work
40-50'sF Aches & Pains weather (Dampness)
<30F Firewood splitting, heavy labor comfortable
(I still sweat in only my shirt sleeves doing heavy labor pretty easy down into the teens once I've aclimated to winter here.)
0-10F Comfortable without wind, clears sinus problems
<0F Cold
When I get cold, that's all that happens outside of some aches from Arthur. My problem is when I get hot I feel down right sick. :sad:
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>80F Miserable
60-70F Comfortable for light work
40-50'sF Aches & Pains weather (Dampness)
<30F Firewood splitting, heavy labor comfortable
(I still sweat in only my shirt sleeves doing heavy labor pretty easy down into the teens once I've aclimated to winter here.)
0-10F Comfortable without wind, clears sinus problems
<0F Cold
When I get cold, that's all that happens outside of some aches from Author. My problem is when I get hot I feel down right sick. :sad:
What do you do for medical help when you're working on project Suntan Beach?
(http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss324/DanS_photo_09/SuntanBeach.jpg)
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What do you do for medical help when you're working on project Suntan Beach?
I use my patented red inter-cooled shirt as seen in the photo. It has tiny hollow micro fibers with 60°F water circulating through them. Problem is due to the umbilical tubes I have to stay within 200' of the space ship as it uses a heat exchanger and the AC compressor on the space ship. Also leaving my 5000 hp turbine engine idling to drive the compressor gets expensive at today's fuel prices.
I'm watching E-bay for a used space suit to show up from NASA in the coming weeks. No more cold water umbilical needed. \:D/
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Below 73, and it's noticeably cool. Below 60 and it's noticeably brisk. Below 54 (I am weird this way), and I've got a jacket on.
Above 75, and it's decently warm. Above 80, and I start sweating. Above 90 and I want to find water and shade.
Anything over 100, and you won't find me outside.
If you want to get extreme, last winter in Portales, NM, I remember having to go to class at 2 in the afternoon...it was -2*F.
And I've always loved the winter time.
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Temps without any relationship to DewPt don't mean a whole a lot, especially in hotter areas.
A 115°F day in Phoenix in June with RH around 7-10% is really not that bad. Much much better than say 85°F in Georgia with DewPt's in the high 70°F's.
Sure it is hot, but when you get into a vehicle (190°F), lower the windows, turn on the AIR, and drive to end of the street is already getting comfortable. Try that when you are somewhere with real high DewPt's, you may never get the vehicle cooled down.
The other day, Iowa was having 101°F with Heat Indexes in the mid-130's... It was "ONLY" 108°F and it was a lot more comfortable than there or just about anywhere in the mid-west.
We like it hot in AZ... it keeps the population down. Can you imagine if we had winter weather here year round, there would be 90million people living in the state. The Snowbirds are bad enough when they are here now.
We are now in our "Monsoon" but it has been fairly dry so far with DewPts dropping below 60°F on a regular basis. No fun lightning at night and next to no rain, but it has been fairly comfortable this summer compared with most of the midwest lately.
I can imaging what people in the midwest think when they see us having a high of 119°F.... Armageddon ?? We had one of those the other day... RH was 7% in PHX that day. Hot, but not that bad.
Temps without RH, DewPt can be very misleading.
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Temps without any relationship to DewPt don't mean a whole a lot, especially in hotter areas.
A 115°F day in Phoenix in June with RH around 7-10% is really not that bad. Much much better than say 85°F in Georgia with DewPt's in the high 70°F's.
Sure it is hot, but when you get into a vehicle (190°F), lower the windows, turn on the AIR, and drive to end of the street is already getting comfortable. Try that when you are somewhere with real high DewPt's, you may never get the vehicle cooled down.
The other day, Iowa was having 101°F with Heat Indexes in the mid-130's... It was "ONLY" 108°F and it was a lot more comfortable than there or just about anywhere in the mid-west.
We like it hot in AZ... it keeps the population down. Can you imagine if we had winter weather here year round, there would be 90million people living in the state. The Snowbirds are bad enough when they are here now.
We are now in our "Monsoon" but it has been fairly dry so far with DewPts dropping below 60°F on a regular basis. No fun lightning at night and next to no rain, but it has been fairly comfortable this summer compared with most of the midwest lately.
I can imaging what people in the midwest think when they see us having a high of 119°F.... Armageddon ?? We had one of those the other day... RH was 7% in PHX that day. Hot, but not that bad.
Temps without RH, DewPt can be very misleading.
:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Now if I could only find a place where the temps were always between 45 and 75 all year long with low humidity - rural, no neighbors for at least a 1/2 mile, cell service, DSL, near enough to a town to make getting supplies easy...............
PM me if you find such a place. :-)
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Temps without any relationship to DewPt don't mean a whole a lot, especially in hotter areas.
Yup! The desert is a different creature when you consider all other factors.
While I lived in Vegas (Mojave Desert), the 110+ days were hot - no doubt - but not hotter than some of the 105s I get in southern NM (Chihuahua Desert). Even 95 can be two different worlds depending on the month out here. Before Monsoon, it's great and I'll be working in the yard all day long and feeling comfortable. Once July-August rolls along and the DP & RH jump up, 95 can be unbearable to be out in let alone work in.
I've only driven thru the Sonora Desert but it's still hot there :shock:
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I think another factor that needs to be considered is how acclimated one has become to the temperatures of a region.
For example, when I first moved here from Buffalo, New York even dry low humidity 100 degree weather was HOT! Now, it's no big deal.
On the other end of the spectrum I would get the biggest kick out of people wearing heavy coats when the temperatures dropped
into the upper 40 to 50 degree range. :-)
Now, sad to say, I even grab a heavier jacket during those "chilly" winter days! :roll:
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I think another factor that needs to be considered is how acclimated one has become to the temperatures of a region.
For example, when I first moved here from Buffalo, New York even dry low humidity 100 degree weather was HOT! Now, it's no big deal.
On the other end of the spectrum I would get the biggest kick out of people wearing heavy coats when the temperatures dropped
into the upper 40 to 50 degree range. :-) Now, sad to say, I even grab a heavier jacket during those "chilly" winter days! :roll:
Excellent point! Today's 102*F, a new record, was a rare thing around here. We have not had a day over 100*F since 1995! Yes we have had many days in the 90's but not many with heat indexes of 118*F. A person can become aclimatized to such weather but it would take quite a lot of time. Even some people around here, who used to live in Florida 10 or more years ago and were used to this kind of weather down there, find they are not as accustomed to it as they once were. It was a real shock to go outside today into that "soup"! Thankfully it is not supposed to go over 100 again but will be in the 90's thru Monday at least according to the forecast. Now that will seem much cooler to everyone. ;)
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I think another factor that needs to be considered is how acclimated one has become to the temperatures of a region.
For example, when I first moved here from Buffalo, New York even dry low humidity 100 degree weather was HOT! Now, it's no big deal.
On the other end of the spectrum I would get the biggest kick out of people wearing heavy coats when the temperatures dropped
into the upper 40 to 50 degree range. :-)
Now, sad to say, I even grab a heavier jacket during those "chilly" winter days! :roll:
Just like the locals over here. Some mornings when the temps dip down in the low 70's you'll see many riding their motorcycles around with heavy coats, gloves, etc. :lol:
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Just like the locals over here. Some mornings when the temps dip down in the low 70's you'll see many riding their motorcycles around with heavy coats, gloves, etc. :lol:
A coat in the low 70's ... yikes. Low 70's is like a summer morning for us here. The locals from your area would be complaining if they were here now, about 8:30pm local time here and it's currently about 46 F and chilly outside with a dew point of 28 F.
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I went to school in Quebec. December temps can be -10 to -20C... got used to it after while. One xmas I went to London UK as my girlfriends parents were living there. Temps were +5 to +10, but it was so damp it seemed it was impossible to stay warm.
Andrew
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I think another factor that needs to be considered is how acclimated one has become to the temperatures of a region.
For example, when I first moved here from Buffalo, New York even dry low humidity 100 degree weather was HOT! Now, it's no big deal.
On the other end of the spectrum I would get the biggest kick out of people wearing heavy coats when the temperatures dropped
into the upper 40 to 50 degree range. :-)
Now, sad to say, I even grab a heavier jacket during those "chilly" winter days! :roll:
Quite true! When I moved there in Sept '81 from Long Island, it would still hit low 100s. Hot, yes but not uncomfortable at all. That winter I was still in short sleeves on graveyard and it felt great! Next summer was a treat. It never felt too hot to me. Same with the winter.
Everybody kept saying "Don't worry - your blood will thin and you'll start feeling it". It took quite a few years for it to happen but it did. Tho' in the winters, I think I only wore my "everyday NY winter jacket" twice over the 25 years there.
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Oddly enough I found a place that meets your weather parameters, but not sure about the other variables. I think the DSL / 1/2 miles to nearest neighbour might be the hard one to pair up, you never now.
Surprisingly, The Canary Islands.
Andrew
Now if I could only find a place where the temps were always between 45 and 75 all year long with low humidity - rural, no neighbors for at least a 1/2 mile, cell service, DSL, near enough to a town to make getting supplies easy...............
PM me if you find such a place. :-)
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I've thought of another question based on what a few of you have mentioned.
What sort of Heat/Cool do you get, Dry Heat, Humid Heat, etc.??
Here we get a Dry Cool during Winter and a Humid Heat during summer.
In winter humidity is typically between 20% and 70%, does get up to 100% sometimes on really calm nights.
In summer because it is nearly always raining the humidity typically ranges between 70% and 100%.
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Interesting thread...
OK, so if I disregard the effect of wind and humidity
For me:
Very hot: above 35C (95F)
Too hot: above 30C (86F)
Relatively cold: below 0C (32F)
Very cold: below -15C (5F)
The warmest T I remember here recently was 40C (104F) and coldest probably somewhere around -25C (-13F)
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I can actually bear quite a lot and I am a bit weird in that I wear the same clothes all yr round :D I only take out my winter jacket when it gets below -10C (14F), but I hardly ever wear a T-shirt even when it is above 25C (77F). I even wear the same shoes :D, not because I dont have any other, I just dont think about these things, I dont mind if it is hot or cold :D Unless it is extreme. Just came from work 2 hours ago. It is 2AM here and snowed half inch of snow, but it is only around freezing point, so no point in wearing a jacket :D
One thing I hate though is when it is cold inside... I dont mind cold outside, in fact I love it, the colder the better :D But I hate when it is cold inside - especially that feeling when you sit inside a car that has been standing outside over night when it was freezing and you just sit there and have to wait before it warms up :D
In the summer the problem is that no-one here really has A/C, except for like shopping centers or government offices. We don't even have A/C in my office, so when the temp in my flat, which is just one room and right under the roof, does not drop below 90F for over 2 weeks, its not very comfortable either :)
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During summer have to open windows to warm up the cabin. Logs suppress the outside heat to where no A/C is needed. log thickness is 10 inch. they hold the heat well in the winter even during the 30 below stuff we had stove was on low burn. Keep rooms at around 65. Bedroom around 60 deg.
John
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My flat unfortunaly, is a tiny one-room flat just under the roof. In the summer, as soon as it gets slightly warmer the temp inside rises quickly and does not drop even during night. Likewise, in the winter, if I turn the heating off, it will drop from 24C (75) to 15C (59) in a matter of a few hours... Summer is more of a problem because as I said, I like cold and I dont like cold indoor, but you can always just turn up the heating, but when its hot... not much you can do here... same with clothes. If you are really cold, you just put on more layers, but when you are too hot, you can only take off as much clothes :D
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Here are the "feels like" temperatures used for the "Comfort Index" on my page. (All are °F)
120° Dangerously Hot
119° Dangerously Hot
118° Dangerously Hot
117° Dangerously Hot
116° Dangerously Hot
115° Dangerously Hot
114° Dangerously Hot
113° Dangerously Hot
112° Dangerously Hot
111° Dangerously Hot
110° Dangerously Hot
109° Extremely Hot
108° Extremely Hot
107° Extremely Hot
106° Extremely Hot
105° Extremely Hot
104° Extremely Hot
103° Extremely Hot
102° Extremely Hot
101° Extremely Hot
100° Extremely Hot
99° Uncomfortably Hot
98° Uncomfortably Hot
97° Uncomfortably Hot
96° Uncomfortably Hot
95° Uncomfortably Hot
94° Hot
93° Hot
92° Hot
91° Hot
90° Hot
89° Very Warm
88° Very Warm
87° Very Warm
86° Very Warm
85° Very Warm
84° Warm
83° Warm
82° Warm
81° Warm
80° Warm
79° Comfortable
78° Comfortable
77° Comfortable
76° Comfortable
75° Comfortable
74° Very Comfortable
73° Very Comfortable
72° Very Comfortable
71° Very Comfortable
70° Very Comfortable
69° Very Comfortable
68° Very Comfortable
67° Very Comfortable
66° Very Comfortable
65° Very Comfortable
64° Comfortable
63° Comfortable
62° Comfortable
61° Comfortable
60° Comfortable
59° Slightly Cool
58° Slightly Cool
57° Slightly Cool
56° Slightly Cool
55° Slightly Cool
54° Cool
53° Cool
52° Cool
51° Cool
50° Cool
49° Cool
48° Cool
47° Cool
46° Cool
45° Cool
44° Very Cool
43° Very Cool
42° Very Cool
41° Very Cool
40° Very Cool
39° Cold
38° Cold
37° Cold
36° Cold
35° Cold
34° Cold
33° Cold
32° Cold
31° Cold
30° Cold
29° Cold
28° Cold
27° Cold
26° Cold
25° Cold
24° Cold
23° Cold
22° Cold
21° Cold
20° Cold
19° Uncomfortably Cold
18° Uncomfortably Cold
17° Uncomfortably Cold
16° Uncomfortably Cold
15° Uncomfortably Cold
14° Uncomfortably Cold
13° Uncomfortably Cold
12° Uncomfortably Cold
11° Uncomfortably Cold
10° Uncomfortably Cold
9° Very Cold
8° Very Cold
7° Very Cold
6° Very Cold
5° Very Cold
4° Very Cold
3° Very Cold
2° Very Cold
1° Very Cold
0° Very Cold
-1° Extremely Cold
-2° Extremely Cold
-3° Extremely Cold
-4° Extremely Cold
-5° Extremely Cold
-6° Extremely Cold
-7° Extremely Cold
-8° Extremely Cold
-9° Extremely Cold
-10° Extremely Cold
-11° Extremely Cold
-12° Extremely Cold
-13° Extremely Cold
-14° Extremely Cold
-15° Extremely Cold
-16° Dangerously Cold
-17° Dangerously Cold
-18° Dangerously Cold
-19° Dangerously Cold
-20° Dangerously Cold
...and the dew points used for the "Humidity Index".
85° Oppressively Humid
84° Oppressively Humid
83° Oppressively Humid
82° Oppressively Humid
81° Oppressively Humid
80° Oppressively Humid
79° Oppressively Humid
78° Oppressively Humid
77° Oppressively Humid
76° Oppressively Humid
75° Oppressively Humid
74° Very Humid
73° Very Humid
72° Very Humid
71° Very Humid
70° Very Humid
69° Humid
68° Humid
67° Humid
66° Humid
65° Humid
64° Slightly Humid
63° Slightly Humid
62° Slightly Humid
61° Slightly Humid
60° Slightly Humid
59° Comfortable
58° Comfortable
57° Comfortable
56° Comfortable
55° Comfortable
54° Very Comfortable
53° Very Comfortable
52° Very Comfortable
51° Very Comfortable
50° Very Comfortable
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In the winter time, the "cold" most often depends for me on windchill. Our winters are rather mild (for our latitude), with narrow temperature ranges mostly between -10 and +10°C (10-50°F).
If it is far below freezing, the wind is usually calm, so you don't really feel the cold.
But if it is a few degrees above freezing (C) with a wind of 30 mph and high humidity, this can often feel bone-chilling cold, so gloves can be necessary despite the actual temperature being above freezing.
Likewise, in the summer the dew point decides whether i consider it hot or not. If we have a 32°C/90°F day with a dewpoint of 10°C/50°F, this can actually feel quite pleasant
whereas a muggy day with 27°C/80°F and a dewpoint of 21°C/70°F can be quite uncomfortable.
As for the clothing, in summer i usually go out without a jacket unless it is windy or rainy and the temperature is well below 18°C/65°F. If its above 22°C/72°F then it's shorts time for me (unless i have to be at work). For winter season i have lighter and heavier jackets, if its above 10°C/50°F and the wind is calm then i sometimes go out without a jacket as well.
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Here's my answers disregarding wind and/or humidity/dewpoint. Bear in mind I'm from a non-coastal region of the South in the US (Upstate SC)!
All in ºF
>100º - Very Hot (with high humidity/dewpoint. 100º to 105º or so isn't too bad with low humidity/dewpoint)
93º-100º - Hot
85º-93º - Very Warm
80º-85º - Warm
60º-80º - Comfortable
50º-60º - Cool (this range is comfortable with high humidity/dewpoint and low wind)
40º-50º - Chilly (cool to very cool)
15º-40º - Cold
0º-15º - Very Cold
<0º - Extremely Cold (I've never felt an air temp below zero, but have felt -10º wind chill)
Definitely interesting to see the different responses!
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>105F hot.
<75F cold.
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Zero and above = warm
-30 and down just right.
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Would be interesting to actually change this question a little bit:
What temperature do you consider comfortable indoor?
Because I for example like cold, but inside I hate cold. I love very low temps, but I love when you then come inside and it is warm. Probably the worst is when you sit inside a completely frozen car :D I hate that. I would much more prefer just being outside in such situation. Cold outside is fine, cold inside, no... not for me.
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Would be interesting to actually change this question a little bit:
What temperature do you consider comfortable indoor?
Because I for example like cold, but inside I hate cold. I love very low temps, but I love when you then come inside and it is warm. Probably the worst is when you sit inside a completely frozen car :D I hate that. I would much more prefer just being outside in such situation. Cold outside is fine, cold inside, no... not for me.
Inside comfort for me would be 68ºF to 70ºF in the winter with the heat on; 70ºF to 73ºF with the A/C on in the summer.
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I usually keep my thermostat at 23C (73F), once it drops to 22C it heats up again to 23. THe problem is that I live in a one-room flat, just under the roof, all walls are outside walls and to make things worse, it is very poorly insulated.
So in the summer, as soon as the temperature rises for just a day or two, it immediately heats up to around 30C (85F) and stays like that for weeks... and of course no A/C...
In contrast, right now, I usually turn of heating when I go to bed, which is around 4:30AM, and the inside temp is close to 23(73). When I get up at 8:30 it is usually around 19C (66F) and remember that it is still not that cold outside, only around freezing point. And I leave it off and go to work. I can watch the temp when Im at work on my station, by 3PM Im usually down to 15C (59F)! It really changes very quickly. At that point the heating sets off again and maintains the T around this until about 9PM, which is when I have it set to start heating at maximum and by the time I get home around 11:30PM or midnight, it is back to 23 (73).
But winter is obviously not such a bit problem, if Im cold I just turn up the thermostat... if it is too hot, however, there is not much you can do... and last year we had an extreme heat wave in July/August and I remember the temperature in my flat did not drop below 32C (90F) for over 2 weeks! Including night-time! And in my office it was slightly better but I also dont have A/C there...
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I usually keep my thermostat at 23C (73F), once it drops to 22C it heats up again to 23. THe problem is that I live in a one-room flat, just under the roof, all walls are outside walls and to make things worse, it is very poorly insulated.
So in the summer, as soon as the temperature rises for just a day or two, it immediately heats up to around 30C (85F) and stays like that for weeks... and of course no A/C...
In contrast, right now, I usually turn of heating when I go to bed, which is around 4:30AM, and the inside temp is close to 23(73). When I get up at 8:30 it is usually around 19C (66F) and remember that it is still not that cold outside, only around freezing point. And I leave it off and go to work. I can watch the temp when Im at work on my station, by 3PM Im usually down to 15C (59F)! It really changes very quickly. At that point the heating sets off again and maintains the T around this until about 9PM, which is when I have it set to start heating at maximum and by the time I get home around 11:30PM or midnight, it is back to 23 (73).
But winter is obviously not such a bit problem, if Im cold I just turn up the thermostat... if it is too hot, however, there is not much you can do... and last year we had an extreme heat wave in July/August and I remember the temperature in my flat did not drop below 32C (90F) for over 2 weeks! Including night-time! And in my office it was slightly better but I also dont have A/C there...
Your flat does a fairly decent job maintaining that temp without the heat on considering it's around 32ºF outside. The furnace (heat pump) at my house starts running continuously (i.e. without turning off) once the outside temp gets below about 32ºF to maintain an inside temp of 69ºF.
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It's a relative thing, when it "warms" up from 60C below to 40C below it can be called a heat wave and time to take some clothing off otherwise you perspire which can then freeze. Similar in places like Vietnam when it dropped from 140F to 100F time to put a coat on as one would start start to shiver
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140F, -60F.... you are talking about the apparent temp right? :D
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Yes. He is spent time there in Nam and when it cooled off lot of guys bundled up. Can see that effect when was in California. They be all bundled up at 60 degrees F and those of us from Alaska be walking around in shirt sleeves. Here coming from 50 to 60 below it like an heat wave. You dress down in summer clothing till you adjust to the temperature. After 2 weeks at 35 below to go outside it just slip on an vest and do what ever anything else heavier I start sweating and that is an no no in cold clime. Get wet you get dead.
John
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Would be interesting to actually change this question a little bit:
What temperature do you consider comfortable indoor?
Because I for example like cold, but inside I hate cold. I love very low temps, but I love when you then come inside and it is warm. Probably the worst is when you sit inside a completely frozen car :D I hate that. I would much more prefer just being outside in such situation. Cold outside is fine, cold inside, no... not for me.
Inside comfort for me would be 68ºF to 70ºF in the winter with the heat on; 70ºF to 73ºF with the A/C on in the summer.
For winter, to me anything between 19 and 21°C (66-70°F) is comfortable indoors. Right now i have 67°F indoors here in my living room and the heating is off.
My apartment is thermally insulated so it does save a little on the heating bill and i usually only turn on the heating when it drops below 19°C (66°F) permanently. Personally i don't mind having it a little colder inside, however i probably wouldn't stand the cold anymore i had in my former apartment which was poorly insulated- on the coldest days of the year it was barely 15-16°C (61-63°F) even with the heating on.
During summer i do like to have indoor temperatures between 23-25°C (73-77°F) and it is mostly in that range, only when we have a prolonged period of very warm or hot days, then it can get a little uncomfortable inside with temperatures climbing into the 80s. Built-in A/C are not widespread in Germany as well (apart from stores and some offices) and these mobile units you can buy in every electronics store are quite expensive and i don't see any point (yet) in buying one for those few days in summer where it gets a little uncomfortable here at the North Sea coast.
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The units themselves are actually not that expansive, but the operation of it.... I know that if I wanted to maintain a reasonable temperature in my flat during summer it would cost me more than heating in the winter! Primarily because for heating I use natural gas, but A/C is electricity, which is much more expensive.
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One thing I haven't seen discussed in this thread (unless I missed it) is that a persons age has a lot to do with what is considered hot, cold and comfortable. As a kid, living in Virginia, only cold bothered me. Heat was never an issue except when trying to sleep at night with the temps in the upper 90's and the humidity also in the 90's. Those nights were absolutely miserable and there was no air-conditioning back in those days. You just had to suffer through it as best you could.
Now, as I age, I find that I simply am not able to acclimate very well to temps over 85°F in the summer or below 60°F in the winter. I would have to say that my ideal temperature would be between 75 and 78°F.
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What I find interesting about this thread, originally started in 2011 with 28,000 views. OP hasn't been on forum since 2012.
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Well, we could blame it all on Jachym! However, sometimes threads become stale and then gets revisited and resurrected, even years later, and continues on once again like this one. One never knows what will trigger that action but as here, it can become a very viable discussion.
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55-60 year round is perfect for me. No heater or ac. It's not cold until the wind blows. Many can agree with this.
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Everything depends on your physical activity.
Saturday morning it was 30 here. When I went outside I was freezing. Had some chores to get done so I started working. After a while the jacket came off and I didn't feel the cold.
When I was done and went back in side the 66 degree house felt warm as hell.
After about an hour of sitting around I got cold and had to put on more clothes. :-|
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When I was done and went back in side the 66 degree house felt warm as hell
Now you understand why we go to Tee's and shorts after an week or so at 30 to 40 below and you were in temps that I would still be wearing an T shirt.
John
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I just looked up Salcha on GE including street view... wow, you live in a remarkable place.