Breaking your bones in a Winter Wonder Land

[Raphael]

With regard to the cold temperatures, snow, and everything else coming through:

@Ahzoh, malloc, Zompist, and everyone else in its path - hope you can stay safe and stay warm!

Seconded!

[jcb]

As cold as things were last week and this week for me and others, at least I don't live in Kamchatka!
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNS2hXKaN5Y

[Travis B.]

The past week has shown me that 0 degrees F really isn't that bad in the big scheme of things if there is little wind and you don't have to stand outside long to shovel snow. (However, at like -10 degrees F even without wind your nose starts feeling funny outside from the moisture in it freezing.)

[jcb]

The past week has shown me that 0 degrees F really isn't that bad in the big scheme of things if there is little wind and you don't have to stand outside long to shovel snow. (However, at like -10 degrees F even without wind your nose starts feeling funny outside from the moisture in it freezing.)

How would you (or anybody else in this thread) describe different temperatures?

I would do so like this:

• 50 C = very hot (don't go outside)
• 40 C = hot
• 30 C = warm
• 22 C = minimum temperature for a room IMO
• 20 C = warmish
• 10 C = cool
• 0 C = very cool (roads start getting icy)
• -10 C = cold
• -20 C = very cold (car batteries stop working around this temp and lower) (exposed skin goes numb)
• -30 C = frigid (don't go outside)

(Despite being American, I use celsius instead of fahrenheit.)

[Ares Land]

The past week has shown me that 0 degrees F really isn't that bad in the big scheme of things if there is little wind and you don't have to stand outside long to shovel snow. (However, at like -10 degrees F even without wind your nose starts feeling funny outside from the moisture in it freezing.)

How would you (or anybody else in this thread) describe different temperatures?

I think we have a narrower range of temperatures overall. The record low is around -12°, record high at 42°.
I'm in Southern France but not close to the sea so the temperature range is rather large; the climate is often milder in other parts of the country.

About the same except for the below freezing part. Anything below 0°C is 'cold' or 'very cold'. It (almost) never gets below -10°C where I live. Below freezing, yes, but most often at night.

Typically we get 30° in the summer, 40° isn't unusual.

[Raphael]

How would you (or anybody else in this thread) describe different temperatures?

• 50 C = I know on an abstract level that it is possible to have a temperature like that, but I prefer not to think too much about it
• 40 C = HEEEEELP!! IT'S HOOOOOT!
• 30 C = still hot enough to be definitely uncomfortable
• 22 C = a bit below the maximum temperature for a room IMO
• 20 C = warmish
• 10 C = cool
• 0 C = very cool (roads start getting icy)
• -10 C = cold
• -20 C = I know on an abstract level that it is possible to have a temperature like that, but I prefer not to think too much about it
• -30 C = I know on an abstract level etc

EDIT: Addendum: I kind of divide temperatures mentally into "regular temperatures" and "cooking temperatures". That is, the kinds of temperatures I'm used to outside of pots, pans, and ovens that someone is currently using, and the kinds of temperatures I know mainly from inside pots, pans, and ovens that someone is currently using. That means that from my perspective, temperatures between about 35 C and about 95 C are kind of weird because they're too hot for the former and too cold for the latter.

(Despite being American, I use celsius instead of fahrenheit.)

Out of consideration for readers from around the world, or because you actually use it in your own life?

[bradrn]

• 50 °C = middle of the desert
• 40 °C = very hot, don’t go outside
• 30 °C = quite hot, lower range is beach weather
• 20 °C = pleasant
• 10 °C = quite cold
• 0 °C = very cold (but temporarily confused since it’s like this every day here)
• <0 °C = don’t go outside

[Travis B.]

My take is this:

• 50 C = extremely hot (I know it gets this hot in places on Earth, but I can't even picture this myself)
• 40 C = very hot (I don't think I've experienced an absolute air temperature this hot in my life outside of opening a car in the sun in the summer)
• 30 C = hot
• 22 C = a pleasant temperature
• 20 C = pretty much what the thermostat is set to in my house during the winter
• 10 C = cool, but not unpleasant if properly dressed
• 0 C = very cool, but not too bad unless there's freezing rain
• -10 C = cold
• -20 C = very cold (if there's no wind I can stand this for short periods of time, if there's wind that's a different story)
• -30 C = extremely cold (don't go outside)

[Lērisama]

I would do so like this:

• 50 C = same as Raphael & Travis
• 40 C = I'm just going to lie in bed the entire day and periodically spray myself with water. This would be record breaking over here
• 30 C = too hot
• 22 C = a warm room
• 20 C = a normal room, a warm day
• 10 C = a cold summer's day, or a warm winter's one
• 0 C = freezing, rather not go outside, hoping it snows so everything is canceled
• -10 C = very cold
• <~-15 C = Same as Raphael

EDIT: Addendum: I kind of divide temperatures mentally into "regular temperatures" and "cooking temperatures". That is, the kinds of temperatures I'm used to outside of pots, pans, and ovens that someone is currently using, and the kinds of temperatures I know mainly from inside pots, pans, and ovens that someone is currently using. That means that from my perspective, temperatures between about 35 C and about 95 C are kind of weird because they're too hot for the former and too cold for the latter.

I do the same, with about the same cutoffs.

[/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/]

I don't use Celsius, so allow me to a temp converter:

• 50 C (122 F) = I've never even experienced temperatures this high, I think I would die of heat exhaustion within an hour.
• 40 C (104 F) = not unbearable, but extremely unpleasant.
• 30 C (86 F) = pool weather.
• 20 C (68 F) = a cool summer day.
• 10 C (50 F) = perfect temperature.
• 0 C (32 F) = a little chilly, if there's no wind.
• -10 C (14 F) = probably a good idea to grab a coat.
• -20 C (-4 F) = certainly a good idea to grab a coat.
• -30 C (-22 F) = avoid going outside.

[Richard W]

• -20 C = I know on an abstract level that it is possible to have a temperature like that, but I prefer not to think too much about it

It gets a lot colder in Yakutsk.

[alice]

[*] 50 C = you'll definitely die from heatstroke
[*] 40 C = you'll probably die from heatstroke
[*] 30 C = you might not get heatstroke, but you'll probably get skin cancer
[*] 20 C = comfortable, survivable if you stay in the shade
[*] 10 C = near the bottom end of acceptable
[*] 0 C = wrap up!
[*] -10 C = wrap up some more!! Some body parts might freeze and fall off.
[*] -20 C = you'll probably die from exposure
[*] -30 C = you'll definitely die from exposure

[Travis B.]

[*] 50 C = you'll definitely die from heatstroke
[*] 40 C = you'll probably die from heatstroke
[*] 30 C = you might not get heatstroke, but you'll probably get skin cancer
[*] 20 C = comfortable, survivable if you stay in the shade
[*] 10 C = near the bottom end of acceptable
[*] 0 C = wrap up!
[*] -10 C = wrap up some more!! Some body parts might freeze and fall off.
[*] -20 C = you'll probably die from exposure
[*] -30 C = you'll definitely die from exposure

You sure have a narrow range of acceptable temperatures!

[jcb]

(Despite being American, I use celsius instead of fahrenheit.)

Out of consideration for readers from around the world, or because you actually use it in your own life?

Because I actually use it in my own life.

I think we have a narrower range of temperatures overall. The record low is around -12°, record high at 42°.

I have not experienced 50 C, but I have experienced 40 C to -30 C.

[jcb]

[*] 50 C = you'll definitely die from heatstroke
[*] 40 C = you'll probably die from heatstroke
[*] 30 C = you might not get heatstroke, but you'll probably get skin cancer
[*] 20 C = comfortable, survivable if you stay in the shade
[*] 10 C = near the bottom end of acceptable
[*] 0 C = wrap up!
[*] -10 C = wrap up some more!! Some body parts might freeze and fall off.
[*] -20 C = you'll probably die from exposure
[*] -30 C = you'll definitely die from exposure

What is your ideal temperature? 15 C?

[Raphael]

Because I actually use it in my own life.

Thank you!

[alice]

[*] 50 C = you'll definitely die from heatstroke
[*] 40 C = you'll probably die from heatstroke
[*] 30 C = you might not get heatstroke, but you'll probably get skin cancer
[*] 20 C = comfortable, survivable if you stay in the shade
[*] 10 C = near the bottom end of acceptable
[*] 0 C = wrap up!
[*] -10 C = wrap up some more!! Some body parts might freeze and fall off.
[*] -20 C = you'll probably die from exposure
[*] -30 C = you'll definitely die from exposure

You sure have a narrow range of acceptable temperatures!

This is what typically comes from the hard experience of living in Great Britain.

@jcb: something like that

[jcb]

Because I actually use it in my own life.

Thank you!

I also prefer to use SI units for other measurements too.

I am an unusual American.

[Raphael]

Local status update: the initial early January snow receded a bit here, but then it came back with a vengeance, and we had several weeks of snow. Last weekend, things thawed. But in the night from Sunday to Monday, there was new snow. Over the course of Monday, that new snow thawed again. I travelled somewhere by train and back on Monday. On the way to the place, everything outside the windows looked white. On the way back, it was more like a mix of white and other colors. Now, most of the snow has thawed.

[Raphael]

And today we got back to snow for now.