Tennessee Cold Versus Florida Cold?

[MomsTn]

Originally Posted by LauraC

Oooooooh, Minnesota. Did I hear it was Minus Thirty Something Degrees in northern Minnesota, yesterday? (And wind chill had nothing to do with that temperature).

Yep, it has been below zero all week.
Today, we got a break... it's about 3 degrees below zero, it's warmed up a little. Plus, we got about three inches of snow. It's supposed to snow off and on all day.

I was just out on the roads, in our subdivision. Everything looks pretty, but, the roads are a little slick. Haven't been out on the main roads, but, I'm sure they are clear.

The salt trucks were out early.

[daniellefort]

Originally Posted by LauraC

I think we unconsciously train our bodies for temperature comfort level and that includes humidity. I keep my apartment at 62 degrees all year long and wear short sleeved shirts all year long at home. I happen to like that temperature. I work with people who are wearing long sleeved sweaters and lightweight jackets when the temperature is 68. They have gloves and winter coats on when the temperature is in the 50s when it has to be in the low 30s for me to put on a pair of gloves.

On the other hand, I'm uncomfortable when the temp hits 80 outdoors. Summer is my least favorite season. I couldn't imagine living in Florida. I'm a little concerned about summers in TN. One day when I was there in October it hit 80 and I was hot...in the temperature kind of way.

Do you know people who actually like humidity? I know people who tolerate it better than me but I can't say they like it. I don't actually pay attention to humidity numbers (winter or summer). I just know how I feel (comfortable or uncomfortable) because, I guess, you don't dress for humidity, you dress for temperature.

If you Google these words -- comfort humidity cold -- you'll see some info on the subject.

I went to TN last July and it was about 80 - 85 and i was comfortable and not too hot because it was a dry heat. the humidity in FL is terrible in the summer. It is very tough on the elderly down here if they have any kind of respiratory problem though we find more of them are now staying here and just living indoors with their AC cranked up. My first summer in FL i about died even though i moved here in January. It's too hot to do anything outdoors. I get cabin fever in the summer months down here. I would compare at 50 degree day in N.H. to a 75 degree day in FL without the humidity. Hopefully TN is somewhere between those numbers.

[prismeyes]

Originally Posted by Joe P

Uh, thanks for that, but I wasn't talking about when it's 7 degrees out. Since there's no way I could campaign single digit temperatures as "relatively comfortable" I was referring more to the days when it's 30 to 35 as not being painfully bone chilling. When I was in Florida I died from 50 degrees and lower, yet here in Tennessee I'm comfortable when it's as low as 35.

So far I'm tied at 1 vote each and it will be ego shattering if I lose this argument to a girl...any other opinions?

Joe

YES JOE-here is another opinion, and a fact from a girl who has seen many extremes. In TN-it was 22 degrees-I wore a lite long wool coat-I was ok. In AK-if it was 22 degrees-I would be inside-NOT GOIN OUT! The humidity DOES make a difference AND that being said, I am moving from TX in Dec to TN. YOU WIN!

[iemaster13]

so true, when i went to Gatlinburg, Tennessee it was 26°F and I had only 4 layers of thick clothes (including thermals) and I was ok............I go back to Miami during a cold front, it was 33°F outside, and I had 5 layers (including thermals) and I still felt cold, in Tennessee, the wind chill was 19°F, and in Miami it was 17°F, but it felt like 9°F in Miami to me, I know right!

[FLORIDA TO NIOTA 2010]

I wonder if the water all around Florida has anything to do with it? And yes I know what you guys are saying. I freeze here when it's 40-50 degrees and when I was in TN it was 17-19 degrees and I was outside with just a light jacket and I was comfortable, unless the wind was blowing hard. I would say TN 17-19 is like FL 45-50. But that's my opinion.

[GraniteStater]

I drove through Tennessee at its coldest in January 1985. Jamestown down through Crossville registered -25F to -28F.

[FLORIDA TO NIOTA 2010]

Originally Posted by FLORIDA TO NIOTA 2010

I wonder if the water all around Florida has anything to do with it? And yes I know what you guys are saying. I freeze here when it's 40-50 degrees and when I was in TN it was 17-19 degrees and I was outside with just a light jacket and I was comfortable, unless the wind was blowing hard. I would say TN 17-19 is like FL 45-50. But that's my opinion.

Sorry, I meant 27-29 not 17-19.