Hot or cold?

[lindahoyland]

[Poll #2082860]

[Poll #2082861]

You can tell my brain is melting as I voted it was worse to be too cold, I meant too hot!

Comments

[lab-jazz.livejournal.com]

I think that 27c is the perfect temperature. It's cool enough to wear a long sleeved tee shirt, but warm enough not to have to wear a jumper.

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

This made me laugh out loud! 27°C is when people here wear as little as they can get away with! The very thought of putting on something long-sleeved makes me melt. So funny how different perceptions can be!

[lab-jazz.livejournal.com]

Yeah it's all in what you are acclimatised to. I live in Perth Western Australia where it gets quite hot, and prior to that I spent my childhood in the outback where it got very hot.

I've got people on my flist who live over in Europe, or in the very cold regions of America. I look at the photos that they post that they have taken during their winter and I don't know how they can survive in such a cold climate.
I would just lay down and die if I lived where they live.

I've never seen snow.

[feodora.livejournal.com]

Yes, when I was was in AUS (AGES AGO!!!) I got some strange views when I went into the sea at Bondy Beach in April and into the pool at the Youth Hostle in Broken Hill

[lab-jazz.livejournal.com]

I got some strange views when I went into the sea at Bondy Beach in April and into the pool at the Youth Hostle in Broken Hill

I've been at beaches down the SW in the winter and I've seen the occasional swimmer. I've immediately thought 'bat crazy tourists, if the sharks don't get them, they'll freeze to death'

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Exactly! I'd probably lay down and die if I had to live in Perth. I can handle heat (badly) on a holiday but I wouldn't last for more than a few weeks! (We've been having temperatures of over 30°C for a week now and I can't wait for them to drop again.)

Thing is, I can always put on more clothing if I'm feeling cold. But I can't take off more than I'm wearing when it's too hot! XD

[lab-jazz.livejournal.com]

Thing is, I can always put on more clothing if I'm feeling cold. But I can't take off more than I'm wearing when it's too hot! XD

That's true. Though while you're inside, or in the car one is usually in an air conditioned environment. Though if one lived in a country where it didn't usually get hot enough to own an air conditioner and you had a prolonged heat wave you'd probably end up suffering quite a bit.

Every now and again we get news on the media over here of countries on the other side of the world where old people are dying of the heat. The temperatures given are to us not all that high, but again it's what you are acclimatised to.

Believe it or not there are many people in Perth, where our summer temperature can be over 40c for days and days on end, who don't live in an air conditioned house.

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Though if one lived in a country where it didn't usually get hot enough to own an air conditioner and you had a prolonged heat wave you'd probably end up suffering quite a bit.

Yup, just as it sucks to live in a place that doesn't commonly do central heating and (above all) house insulation when it's hit by a cold spell. If you don't have heating and whatever warmth you've got leaves the house through the walls immediately, even 10°C can be really uncomfortable. (That's roughly what I'd consider my "cool enough to wear long sleeves but not cold enough to need a jumper" temperature, for the record!)

So yeah, it's all about what you're accustomed to and prepared for. (For me, 40°C would be a point at which I no loner care whether it's dry heat or humid heat because it's too much either way!)

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Gracious, you are tough, we melt at 27. About 18C suits me best.

[baranduin.livejournal.com]

It’s 40 something or lower for me :-)

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

C or F? I like it cool.

[helenllama.livejournal.com]

Depends on where am I. The temo I prefer is not good in the UK as it is rather muggy.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

We get dreadfully muggy heat.

[shirebound]

I lived in the dry desert southwest for nearly 40 years and loved it, but the hot, humid summer of the east coast is wearing me down. I think I now prefer cold!

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Dry heat is more bearable.

[roxy42.livejournal.com]

I love summer and it can´t be too hot. :)

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

I just wilt in summer.

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

For me, temperature tolerance is completely dependent on humidity levels. I can deal with high-80Fs and even low 90Fs if the humidity is low. But if it's the least bit steamy, even upper 70Fs can be miserable. Same with winter. And of course, what's uncomfortable at the start of a season can feel just fine by the end, after I've acclimated. 15F in December means you dress in 47 layers of down and wool, but 15F by mid-January means dashing from the car to the store without bothering with a coat.

[sweetmeow]

Good point about humidity. We have traditionally high humidity where I live, and temperatures even in the 70s can be oppressive if the humidity is high.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

I don't like heat at all but agree humidity makes it far worse. Our weather is usually too variable to acclimatise well.

[sweetmeow]

Interesting questions.

I am not a fan of summer. I hate to be hot. One can always add layers of clothing or put on a blanket when cold, but when you're hot there's not much you can do, and just pray you have a/c.

My husband and I now "snowbird" - i.e. - we live in a warmer climate during the winter months so it's warmer there and there's no snow (or usually no snow - we had 2 inches last winter!). I miss winter and snow. I love days when I can wear sweatshirts and warm pants. However, I'm not sure I'd feel like this if I had to live through an entire cold winter full of snow and having to wear a heavy down jacket, hat, and gloves each day.

I love the fall. It's such a relief to have cooler temperatures after a hot summer, and I love the fall foliage and how pretty it is. I'm glad winter is coming! I do enjoy spring, too, but dread the heat of summer that is coming soon.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

I love autumn too. It is much easier to don sweaters than to keep cool.

[kristy.livejournal.com]

I think because I'm getting a bit....older, I can no longer tolerate much cold bone temps. Every year since about 2014, the winter weather effects my arthritis. Once it's warm enough out, I don't suffer in pain. I'm actually thinking I'm acclimated to the desert heat. I still have yet to turn on my a.c. & it's already peaked here at about 113 degree this year!

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Oddly enough, the heat is making my arthritis bad, worse than the cold does!

[kristy.livejournal.com]

Wow! I'm sorry the heat is affecting your arthritis. That's interesting that the heat is doing that. *hugs*

[enchanted-jae.livejournal.com]

My ideal temp is actually about 30F.

:D

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Goodness, you are tough! I like low to mid 60's

[taulinga.livejournal.com]

for some ppl it may sounds a little frosty temperature but my ideal is between +16 to +20°C.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Same for me.

[taulinga.livejournal.com]

hot temperatures make my skin feel uncomfortable while too cold ones are not good for my slight walking disability.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

I'm the same.

[taulinga.livejournal.com]

Here it´s seldom the case that one has temperature changes from half of the day temperature in just 6 hours.
It fell recently from 32 to 16 degrees in just 6 hours.
It´s rather rare in Europe I guess.

[liadt]

I like Spring best as the endless brown vista of mud is coming to an end, things are growing, there are flowers blooming and it's not too hot or cold!

16-20c is my ideal temp, I go into faint mode if it's too stuffy.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

I like those temperatures too and love spring and autumn.

[rakshathedemon.livejournal.com]

You know I love the autumn; especially on the cool, crisp days of October or November.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

I love autumn too.