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I have revised this scale many times. I think this one is pretty accurate:
Torrid Heat: 42 C or above
Extremely Hot: 38-42 C
Very Hot: 34-38 C
Hot: 30-34 C
Warm: 24-30 C
Mild: 17-24 C
Cool: 10-17 C
Chilly: 3-10 C
Cold: -7.5 to 3 C
Very Cold: -21.5 to -7.5 C
Extremely Cold: -35.5 to -21.5 C
Cryogenic Cold: Below -35.5 C
hot : 32+
warm : 27-32
mild : 25-27
cool : <25, never cold.
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Originally Posted by SophieLL
lol, it was an euphemism. Of course 15 celsius is not very cold, is actually a nice mild weather. But giving that we are in October and the temperatures have been MUCH hotter than that since last month, and add that today is a very cloudy, windy and humid day (wich makes it feel way colder than 15c), and thats why i said "very cold". Its comparative. When i compare it to yesterday or last week temperatures, it feels very cold (specially for the grey, dumpy, windy day).
I dont consider 15 celsius very cold at all. Just mild weather.
Was just thinking about this weatherfan: If you lived here you would be very angry with the tv news people. Sometimes i am, too. They are SOOOOOOOOOOOOO exagerated with the weather that its unbelievable. I think is a Buenos Aires thing, cause when i lived in Mar del Plata, this didnt happened with local news people there. In tv news, when its 15, weather people say "It is VERY COLD" "Please, you need to take your coats and gloves and whatever cause its 15 celsius!" when they read the forecast they comment things like "OMG, tomorrow is gonna be 58/66, HOW CAN IT BE??? WE ARE IN SPRING, IT SHOULD BE 85!". There is even a Russian woman than tells the weather in one channel and she is all like "OMG, a minimum of 57 is expected tomorrow, people need to be careful about this cold", and I yell at the tv: "OMG, YOU THINK 57 IS COLD?' YOU NEED TO GO BACK TO RUSSIA AND TELL ME IF 57 IS COLD!!!" lol
tHEY DRIVE ME CRAZY. I hate news people. Sorry for the rant. I guess me saying 15 c is "very cold" was a nasty habit i got from listening all the time in the news about how 13 ceslius is FREEZING!!
In Jakarta, media exaggerated the 25C "cold wave" last july. And exist a population there who need AC/fan at that temp. (consider 25C is still on the warm side)
But you called 15°C "very cold" in the temperature thread.
her native language isn't english so what she meant cold maybe = nice, cool
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