sometimes I think I am the only person in the world who hates cold weather

So.. technically it is still summer.. but the days are in the 70s and nights are dipping into the 50s. In talking to my friends and co-workers.. they are all looking forwards to the cooler weather while I am already beginning to bundle up.

When I tell people that the inside of my house hit 100 a "couple of times" this summer, they look at me like I have two heads and one of them actually asked me how I can sleep "in a puddle of your own sweat".

Can most people honestly not comprehend that some people work well and actually thrive in 90+ degree weather?

mad_machine wrote: Can most people honestly not comprehend that some people work well and actually thrive in 90+ degree weather?

Yup, you're weird.

Some people like hot weather, others (like me) like cold weather but it's no big deal either way. They say it may get down to 38 degrees here tomorrow night, I'm looking forward to it.

I berkeleying hate cold weather.

I have Raynaud's Disease. My hands and feet hurt when it gets below probably 60 degrees. Sometimes higher. I lose feeling due to blood vessel constriction.

I berkeleying hate cold weather too...

Fall > Spring > Nice Summer Day > Nice Winter Day > Frigid winter day > Steaming/hurricane Summer Day

i hate the extreme cold and the extreme hot, but i don't mind anything between about -10 and 85 degrees.. add it up and that gives me about 11 months out of the year that i really don't mind.

I grew up in PA and ONT. Winter was fine for a few weeks but then I wanted spring to come.

Then I lived in Southern Indiana where the fog would roll in at 9 pm while it was still 90 degrees, and I was working at an outdoor amphitheatre in costume, makeup, and under about 2 billion watts of lighting. No problem.

I lived in New Orleans, and that did get a bit oppressive with the insane humidity and the high power of the sun.

I lived in L.A.... Perfect weather. One month of 50 degrees in the winter, One month of 100 degrees in the summer, and 72.4 degrees every other day.

I lived in Tampa FL and that was a bit too much. The really high temps and high humidity kinda sucked. That, and it was too conservative which makes the heat less tolerable.

I lived in Austin TX. That was nice. I could wear jeans, a long sleeve shirt, my welding apron, and spark up a 200-amp arc for hours in 105 degree heat.

Now I live back in PA. I'm already a bit sad that the days are getting shorter and cooler.

Don't get me wrong, my ideal temperature is 75, but anything below 45 is bullE36 M3, and 100 is just fine.

Those brisk, bright winter mornings where the day starts out with high humidity and 30 degrees make the motorcycle especially fun.

In reply to Mitchell:

You just made my nipples hard and not in a good way.

Ugh... anything over 80 degrees can DIAF.

92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: Ugh... anything over 80 degrees can DIAF.

heh.. I keep my house at 73 all winter.. and even that is a bit too chilly for me

mad_machine wrote:

92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: Ugh... anything over 80 degrees can DIAF.

heh.. I keep my house at 73 all winter.. and even that is a bit too chilly for me

About the same here. Can't stand cold mornings. Although my woll police style sweater is nice and cozy....

I start sweating about the end of February and stop about the beginning of November. Bring in on, I'm looking forward to it. Anything over 60 is too hot.

Between 28F and 85F is good to me. I'd still rather have a 95 degree day over a -5 degree day. Sadly I see those extremes almost every year living in Chicago.

You are not alone. Cold sux!

Every little ding hurts worse. Your nose & ears are always cold & sore. Your skin is always chapped and cracking.

You can never get comfortable. If you wear enough clothes to get comfortable then you're uncomfortable from all the clothes and there are still bits exposed. Bits can fall off if they get too cold.

You can't really work on anything. It's dark all the time.

But I spent an entire winter & summer in an unheated tin building with no water or electricity (well only a small generator's worth and I didn't run it but about an hour a day) and I wasn't nearly as uncomfortable as when I live in a house. After I finally got a well in showers in the middle of the winter from a garden hose when it's sleeting all around you aren't as bad as they sound. Still not something I want to repeat, but if you have to, you can do just about anything.

Oddly enough, I do love to sleep in the cold and even on the coldest nights my windows are open.

There is no kind of winter sport that interests me. Snowmobiles look cool and the pics are pretty, but it's still cold outside and then now you have a strong wind in your face. I hate motorcycles in the cold so I can't imagine that a snowmobile would be any better.

I moved to NC many almost 20 years ago. There are only a handful of summer days that get just a bit too hot and sticky. Otherwise I love the weather here. We get about 2 or 3 weeks of real cold weather near or below 30. I cannot fathom why sooo many people live up north. Life is just way easier when I don't have to deal with all the snow and ice.

I don't want to leave my house if it's under 50 degrees out. berkeley winter.

This is Heaven.

Cold is much easier to deal with than heat, for me anyway. And humidity. It can die a slow, painful death.

And cars make more horsepower in cooler temperatures

Twin_Cam wrote: Cold is much easier to deal with than heat, for me anyway. And humidity. It can die a slow, painful death. And cars make more horsepower in cooler temperatures

you can dress up for even the most extreme cold, but you can only take off so much to deal with heat.

N Sperlo wrote: I have Raynaud's Disease. My hands and feet hurt when it gets below probably 60 degrees. Sometimes higher. I lose feeling due to blood vessel constriction. I berkeleying hate cold weather too...

My wife has it to, you have my 100% sympathy.

Our goal looking out about 6-years is to find positions that will allow each of us to work from home(mine now allows it on occasion), and buy a trailer in the woods of southern Mississippi, where we can stay from thanksgiving through Easter.

I used to not be bothered by cold when I was younger, but now I can't stand it. Which means I barely leave the house, which sucks because I really can't stand to not be on the go.

The only redeeming quality of winter, is I get to practice my rally skills.

I live in PA. I hate cold, I despise humidity.

Get me the berkeley out of here.

Arizona/New Mexico/Nevada/Utah...pick one for my future. Unfortunately, I married a woman whose umbilical cord is still attached, so here I stay.

Not a big fan of sub 32f but this helps takes the edge off!

mguar wrote:

mad_machine wrote:

92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: Ugh... anything over 80 degrees can DIAF.

heh.. I keep my house at 73 all winter.. and even that is a bit too chilly for me

It probably has to do with the type of heat you have.. Forced hot air for example leaves the floor cold while the ceiling gets very hot. (Hot air rises, cold air settles..) Since your feet are the furthest thing from your heart they are the coldest. In floor radiant heat means the floor is the warmest part, your feet feel warm and you probably can be comfortable at a much lower temp.. I have 28 foot ceilings in one section of my house.. due to in-floor radiant heat The floor, ceiling, and everyplace between is the same temp (typically 68. I now walk around barefoot in the middle of the winter). The old house with forced air I had to have the temp up to 73-74 degrees and even then I felt cold sometimes.. By the way the worse the insulation, the colder you feel.. The worst insulation is fiberglass.. Air flows right through it! (It's also what they make furnace filters out of) The best insulation is Foam. (It's what insulates thermoses and my house)

i thought a real thermos- the expensive ones that actually work- are insulated by having a nearly perfect vacuum between the inner and outer shells.. too bad there isn't a way to do that in an attic..

I like the cool evenings and being able to sleep with the windows open.

But yea, the dead cold of winter, I could do without that.