Hot or cold (climate, average, warming, temp)

[NickMan7]

I like either/or, personally. I like the cold because you can always warm yourself with more clothing. I also enjoy being cuddled up in the house on a snowy night looking out at the world beyond the glass.

I like the heat (in Denver, anyway), because the intensity is manageable if you're in a shaded area. Summer is a fabulous time of year here and I love every second of it. A dip in a pool takes any discomfort of the heat away almost immediately.

[§AB]

Hot. Cold just makes my ears hurt, it's uncomfortable and downright crap.

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by jp03

Lets re-word it 90 degrees or 20 degrees more tolerable....??

90 F is not hot.

Extremely slim chance of heat stroke at 90 F with a dewpoint less than 75 F; I have to be working like-a-dog in the sun while perhaps not drinking enough water to get very dizzy.

At 90 F outside all day, I have a moderate risk of dehyradtion, but like I suggested above, it's easy to stay safe and comfortable when I'm smart about the heat.

Have nothing to drink? Pace myself (walk slow, relax more etc.) and I should be fine for at least an hour or two at 90 F.


20 F is frigid to me.

My fingertips will hurt BAD within 5 minutes exposed to the air. Even with good mitts/gloves my fingertips might start hurting in an hour, if I don't take extra steps to warm them up.

No amount of clothing can keep my toes and fingers from (eventually) hurting at 20 F, whether it be minutes or hours. I need a heat-source in addition to the layers. Thankfully "chemical hot-packs" work and I throw them in my boots to warm my toes, and in my pockets or gloves to warm my fingers.

I like downhill skiing, but IMHO, 19 F is too cold to go skiing.
Why, because no matter how I dress some of my skin will sting within an hour, gauranteed.

When you go skiing, most of the time you're not active; you're either waiting in line for the chair lift, sitting in the chair lift doing nothing, exposed to the wind as you're 15-30 feet up.

At a good resort you might spend about half the time actually skiing...
that is if you don't like going down the hill slowly.

[Jammie]

90 works for me.

[IBrakeforTailgaters]

Most tolerable--Humidity-less hot weather (although these spring-like days we've had all week have been almost perfect!)

Least tolerable--Wind-whipped cold...humidity so thick you can cut it with a knife

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by IBrakeforTailgaters

Least tolerable--Wind-whipped cold...humidity so thick you can cut it with a knife

We're like that most of the time from mid-October right thru to at least late-March; about 5 and 1/4 months.

[HighPlainsDrifter73]

20 degrees for me.

[SandyCo]

If the choices are 20 degrees and no humidity vs. 90 degrees and a lot of humidity, then I would pick 20 degrees, naturally.

Since I've lived in Southern California my entire life, I have very little experience with truly cold weather. Besides, it's one thing to go from your house to your car vs. working in it all day.

Then again, if you add a frigid wind to that 20 degrees, I might rethink my stance! I went to Beaufort, SC to see a friend's daughter graduate from boot camp for The Marines a few years ago in January, and thought I was going to freeze to death. The wind cut through four layers of clothing like they were nothing. I've never been so cold in my life. It was 10 degrees with the wind chill, and no sun whatsoever.

[§AB]

even though i like heat, sometimes I enjoy those cold (55-60F) days huddled up with the rain slamming against the windows. Best weather to pig out on fried chicken

Coldest day I've ever experienced in Melbourne was 48ºF, in July last year. Daytime highs that low are very rare and are usually recorded only once every few years.

[Cruikshl]

Can't stand the cold. I'll walk in the early morning hours in the south in August but try to get me out on a cold winter day in the north. I've gained 10 pounds this winter being in the north. Guess I'm part bear...come to think of it I'm kinda looking like one.