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How Cold Is "Too Cold" For You?

With an Artic blast heading towards the U.S., how cold is too cold for you?

 

For me, I don't like it when it gets below 40°F.

 

Give me a nice dry heat.

 

There is a reason why I don't live where it gets really cold!

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Re: How Cold Is "Too Cold" For You?

Thirty degrees and below, 

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Re: How Cold Is "Too Cold" For You?

I live in NYC and I can stand the cold until it drops below 30 degrees. It's funny though, when I'm shoveling snow, initially I'm so cold but after shoveling for a few minutes I don't mind!

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Re: How Cold Is "Too Cold" For You?

I don't mind winter, but I don't like the bitter cold. A lot of it can depend on windchill.We know to dress warm when we go out

 

When it gets in the zero, to teens range, I don't like it. If it is below zero  that is too cold for me

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Re: How Cold Is "Too Cold" For You?

I know one thing... 11° is too cold for Albuquerque and that's what it's supposed to be next Wednesday morning.   It doesn't matter to me as I'm not outside much this time of year.   I have coats and gloves. 

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Re: How Cold Is "Too Cold" For You?

I love cold, I love snow too.  Ice storms I can do without.

 

I manage just fine until it gets down to the single digits or below 0.  Then, even I hibernate.  If it's windy, the teens and twenties can be pretty unbearable too.

 

 

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Re: How Cold Is "Too Cold" For You?

Zero to teens is pretty cold for me.  One winter we were having 25 BELOW zero for a week or so.  It seems to me that once it's really cold, it's just really cold and it doesn't matter from zero to below.

 

That week I was just bundling up and walking to work.  Too cold to start the car!  It was only a couple of miles, so it was a nice walk.   Every time I inhaled the inside of my nose froze.  I was afraid my (wet) hair would freeze and break off.   It was an experience, for sure. 

 

I like the cold, though.   I would so totally rather have too cold than too hot.  Anything from 60s up starts to be hot to me and 70s and up is TOO hot.   Now, with my health challenges, if I spend more than a few minutes in the heat I start to turn red and fall out.

 

Yay winter!  Smiley Happy

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Re: How Cold Is "Too Cold" For You?

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@Plaid Pants2 wrote:

With an Artic blast heading towards the U.S., how cold is too cold for you?

 

For me, I don't like it when it gets below 40°F.

 

Give me a nice dry heat.

 

There is a reason why I don't live where it gets really cold!


@Plaid Pants2  This will make you feel really warm.  Our high next Wednesday will be 7 degrees.Smiley Happy

 

Edited for temp. change.Woman Sad

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Re: How Cold Is "Too Cold" For You?

below 10 degrees.

i enjoy the colder weather....give me that over the 90s and humidity any day.

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Re: How Cold Is "Too Cold" For You?

Below 20 degrees F is too cold for me.