Re:Death by Inches: The battle over the metric system in Ame...
by dghughes on Saturday August 09, 2014 @11:35AM
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Canadian here as well I see some people in shorts at 10C maybe even at 0C mostly "dudes" in their 20s and late teens. I even see bigger (fatter) guys in shorts in the middle of winter now it seems to be a thing.
After a cold winter 0C even -10C feels warm especially if there isn't any wind.
I don't know anyone who zips up their jacket unless it's -15C or -10C and windy.
It's the wind that gets you, -20C is nothing if there isn't any wind.
But really it also depends a lot on perspective since 10C in the spring feels very warm but 10C in the fall feels very cold. Maybe a lot of the descriptions depend on year round average temperatures, I can image people in southern California with a smaller temperature range would not feel as much of a difference as a Canadian would.
After a cold winter 0C even -10C feels warm especially if there isn't any wind.
I don't know anyone who zips up their jacket unless it's -15C or -10C and windy.
It's the wind that gets you, -20C is nothing if there isn't any wind.
But really it also depends a lot on perspective since 10C in the spring feels very warm but 10C in the fall feels very cold. Maybe a lot of the descriptions depend on year round average temperatures, I can image people in southern California with a smaller temperature range would not feel as much of a difference as a Canadian would.