I spent two college summers working in the ice cream vault for a major dairy.
I was told the overnight temperature was set at minus 24 deg. F. I opened up for the first shift at 4 am, with high power fans going to circulate the air, so I expect that was the temperature then, though it did warm up through the day with activity, including open doorways for conveyor belts for loading the transport trucks.
It was a very dry cold, since any moisture froze and settled to the floor.
It wasn’t so bad for me as I got used to it very quickly each day. But some of the workers couldn’t take it and quit after only a day or two.
Best air conditioning I ever had.
i do an annual winter camping weekend, coldest was -12 a few years ago. there was a few inches of snow that night and no wind so my tent was actually warmer than a lot of years
Too cold is better than too hot. If it’s cold you can keep putting clothes on until you finally get to where you can tolerate it. If it’s too hot you can only get so naked before you get arrested and you’re still hot!
@chienfou while true, and I make that argument. I could be convinced to turn up the heat if it resulted in reduction of clothing from the other party. Under certain circumstances. Of course there’s also the “if you’re cold come over here and I’ll warm you up” argument.
Used to work in NW Ontario. 60 below zero (F) is the coldest I’ve been in. That includes having to use an outhouse in that weather along with sleeping outside in it too. How cold is too cold depends on how acclimated I am to whatever temperature it is and whether or not I am adequately dressed for it (and that would include if the boots had thick enough soles to keep the cold from the ground from making my feet cold).
I went to college in New Hampshire. The entire month of January it did not go above 0 degrees. When finally hit 32 in late March I was walking on campus and felt so hot, I thought I should take off this jacket. The rest of brain kicked half a second later in a was dude it’s still freezing temperatures keep your jacket on!
@Cynamon Yeah when went home for christmas after being in minus 20 to minus 40 (F) and occasionally hitting minus 50 or 60 at night for a month and a half and it was 5 above zero at home it felt so warm I didn’t zip my jacket and only had ear muffs on so I didn’t frostbite my ears.
@jhinra Exactly this, it’s all about the wind chill! We New Englanders rarely get warnings or alerts about the actual temp, but we get them often for the deadly combo of low temps & high winds. Ugh.
It was a whole lot easier when I was younger. In fact, from 4th grade thru 11th grade I did not wear one pair of pants, EVER! Only shorts(or short pants as my dad says). I grew up in the Pacific Northwest at the base of the Blue Mountains so we had our fair share of snowy Winters and every day at recess in Elementary School I played outside in the snow in shorts didn’t even think twice about it. Now I don’t even like to go out if it’s below freezing. I’ve definitely gotten wimpy in my old age(40).
@sicc574 In college in upstate New York (Rochester) we ran around campus in the winter with canvas high top or low top converse sneakers and no socks no matter how much snow or slush we were wading through. Of course at that age we had no functioning frontal lobe…
I am a tennis professional and played a tournament in Belgium. It was 6° with a chill factor of -5°.
In pro tennis you can warm up in sweats but must play in shorts.
They change the tennisballs every 7 games. Before they would change balls some of them busted because the rubber froze and became hard.
Worst-case of cold I have ever experienced. At least I won the match.
I lived in Minneapolis for a while, and I think the coldest temperature I experienced was around -20, with a windchill of some insane number. That was the only time my double-coated Nordic-type dog ever objected to the cold. I think her paw pads froze.
Had a solid week of 20 below several years ago when I was working midnights. My car was very sad. It was Colorado and I’m a Midwesterner and somehow the cold feels less cold there. I have zero science to back why that would be. It was fine.
As a lifelong resident of either North Dakota or Minnesota, I’ve definitely seen some cold weather. Air temperatures in the -20’s & -30’s are common, with wind-chill temperatures into the -50’s are not uncommon. You just have to plan ahead to minimize exposure is all. I’d say -10 (as long as it’s not breezy) is a threshold for being outside for any amount of time without putting oneself in serious danger. Have to dress for the occasion…
I went out when it was -13, because if you don’t feed the feral colony, well… they just don’t like you much, that’s all.
When I was going through menopause, I would walk across campus in ten degree weather during a hot flash and was warm as toast. Others looked at me as if I was crazy, except for another woman my own age with no coat on. She just looked at me and smiled.
Coldest ever was about 35 below with 15-20 mph winds. We were working outside doing some snow removal and cleanup after an ice storm. It was quite unpleasant; I have sufficient upper body warm gear for that but my legs were freezing with long johns and flannel-lined jeans, and the only gloves I have that are warm enough were clumsy working with the shovel. Couple of handwarmers and lighter fleece gloves worked but weren’t ideal. Surprisingly the townhouse, crappily built and insulated, managed to remain comfortable though we did put blankets over a couple of leaky windows and finally finished putting gaskets and insulation behind the outlet and switch wallplates on exterior walls.
So -35 is doable. Never been in colder, not going to assume I’d be happy to
Simply winter up and go, don’t be a baby.
And oookay, the coldest I have been in is negative 40. Layers baby.
Such it up buttercup
And define cold. Dry cold and humid cold are different. Just like dry heat and cold heat
@Cerridwyn
Yeah that cold heat is an absolute b****
/giphy grin
Under 70. Brrrrr!
@shahnm Totally agree!!!
Outside for what?
To shovel? OK, above 0
For pleasure? Not below 60
The main factor to me is when does it start becoming unpleasant to breath, which is around the single digits.
I spent two college summers working in the ice cream vault for a major dairy.
I was told the overnight temperature was set at minus 24 deg. F. I opened up for the first shift at 4 am, with high power fans going to circulate the air, so I expect that was the temperature then, though it did warm up through the day with activity, including open doorways for conveyor belts for loading the transport trucks.
It was a very dry cold, since any moisture froze and settled to the floor.
It wasn’t so bad for me as I got used to it very quickly each day. But some of the workers couldn’t take it and quit after only a day or two.
Best air conditioning I ever had.
I have a really big coat. Bring it on!
i do an annual winter camping weekend, coldest was -12 a few years ago. there was a few inches of snow that night and no wind so my tent was actually warmer than a lot of years
Too cold is better than too hot. If it’s cold you can keep putting clothes on until you finally get to where you can tolerate it. If it’s too hot you can only get so naked before you get arrested and you’re still hot!
@chienfou I have been saying this for years! I guess great minds think alike
@chienfou @tinamarie1974 Hot naked people is not necessarily a bad thing in some circumstances.
KuoH
@chienfou @kuoh but what is your definition of “hot”?
@chienfou @kuoh @tinamarie1974 depends on how few clothes you are wearing.
@bayportbob @kuoh @tinamarie1974
Naked is actually a pretty well defined end point…
And at that point, either and all definitions of hot becomes somewhat trivial to most men.
KuoH
@chienfou while true, and I make that argument. I could be convinced to turn up the heat if it resulted in reduction of clothing from the other party. Under certain circumstances. Of course there’s also the “if you’re cold come over here and I’ll warm you up” argument.
@unksol
in this day and age of #metoo it is hopefully more of a discussion than an argument!
@chienfou lol it was a joke but. Obviously everyone should feel comfortable. Assuming a happily married couple. You know. It will get sorted.
If there’s full on fights over the thermostat. Obviously a larger problem.
@kuoh @tinamarie1974
Well… Thigh high boots come to mind
I just put my Kangaroo onesie on top of my down puffy coat and I am prepared for all temps known to the lower 48!
Used to work in NW Ontario. 60 below zero (F) is the coldest I’ve been in. That includes having to use an outhouse in that weather along with sleeping outside in it too. How cold is too cold depends on how acclimated I am to whatever temperature it is and whether or not I am adequately dressed for it (and that would include if the boots had thick enough soles to keep the cold from the ground from making my feet cold).
I went to college in New Hampshire. The entire month of January it did not go above 0 degrees. When finally hit 32 in late March I was walking on campus and felt so hot, I thought I should take off this jacket. The rest of brain kicked half a second later in a was dude it’s still freezing temperatures keep your jacket on!
@Cynamon Yeah when went home for christmas after being in minus 20 to minus 40 (F) and occasionally hitting minus 50 or 60 at night for a month and a half and it was 5 above zero at home it felt so warm I didn’t zip my jacket and only had ear muffs on so I didn’t frostbite my ears.
…too cold to go outside in shorts, you mean? It’s not the temperature, it’s the wind that gets’cha.
@jhinra Exactly this, it’s all about the wind chill! We New Englanders rarely get warnings or alerts about the actual temp, but we get them often for the deadly combo of low temps & high winds.
Ugh.
Are we talking F, K or C?
@yakkoTDI Now you’ve made me hungry for some KFC and I definitely don’t like that cold.
KuoG
@yakkoTDI
Why did that imediately make me think of
@carl669?
/giphy shrug
@yakkoTDI K
@carl669 @chienfou @yakkoTDI
U know why!
@yakkoTDI
I prefer R. Really confuses people.
But yeah, kinda hard to answer the question without know which scale is being used
@Turken @yakkoTDI @carl669 so now F,C,K,R?
@Turken @unksol @yakkoTDI this just gets better and better
@carl669 @Turken @unksol Fuck yeah it does!
/giphy fuck yeah
It was a whole lot easier when I was younger. In fact, from 4th grade thru 11th grade I did not wear one pair of pants, EVER! Only shorts(or short pants as my dad says). I grew up in the Pacific Northwest at the base of the Blue Mountains so we had our fair share of snowy Winters and every day at recess in Elementary School I played outside in the snow in shorts didn’t even think twice about it. Now I don’t even like to go out if it’s below freezing. I’ve definitely gotten wimpy in my old age(40).
@sicc574 So true! Getting old isn’t for wussies!
@sicc574 In college in upstate New York (Rochester) we ran around campus in the winter with canvas high top or low top converse sneakers and no socks no matter how much snow or slush we were wading through. Of course at that age we had no functioning frontal lobe…
@Kidsandliz If someone did, a lobotomy was always a quick fix…
I am a tennis professional and played a tournament in Belgium. It was 6° with a chill factor of -5°.
In pro tennis you can warm up in sweats but must play in shorts.
They change the tennisballs every 7 games. Before they would change balls some of them busted because the rubber froze and became hard.
Worst-case of cold I have ever experienced. At least I won the match.
@DTarpley Thats crazy. I would think those rules would change in weather that cold.
I don’t mind the cold
I lived in Minneapolis for a while, and I think the coldest temperature I experienced was around -20, with a windchill of some insane number. That was the only time my double-coated Nordic-type dog ever objected to the cold. I think her paw pads froze.
Had a solid week of 20 below several years ago when I was working midnights. My car was very sad. It was Colorado and I’m a Midwesterner and somehow the cold feels less cold there. I have zero science to back why that would be. It was fine.
@amynedd humidity. Higher humidity makes it feel even colder.
As a lifelong resident of either North Dakota or Minnesota, I’ve definitely seen some cold weather. Air temperatures in the -20’s & -30’s are common, with wind-chill temperatures into the -50’s are not uncommon. You just have to plan ahead to minimize exposure is all. I’d say -10 (as long as it’s not breezy) is a threshold for being outside for any amount of time without putting oneself in serious danger. Have to dress for the occasion…
I went out when it was -13, because if you don’t feed the feral colony, well… they just don’t like you much, that’s all.
When I was going through menopause, I would walk across campus in ten degree weather during a hot flash and was warm as toast. Others looked at me as if I was crazy, except for another woman my own age with no coat on. She just looked at me and smiled.
Coldest ever was about 35 below with 15-20 mph winds. We were working outside doing some snow removal and cleanup after an ice storm. It was quite unpleasant; I have sufficient upper body warm gear for that but my legs were freezing with long johns and flannel-lined jeans, and the only gloves I have that are warm enough were clumsy working with the shovel. Couple of handwarmers and lighter fleece gloves worked but weren’t ideal. Surprisingly the townhouse, crappily built and insulated, managed to remain comfortable though we did put blankets over a couple of leaky windows and finally finished putting gaskets and insulation behind the outlet and switch wallplates on exterior walls.
So -35 is doable. Never been in colder, not going to assume I’d be happy to
Not worth going outside if it’s below 70F