For you northern folks, we are hearing on the news of temps at night in the -20 to -30 degree range in the Dakotas, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, at what temputaure do you guys just say enough is enough? What do you do when its -30 degrees outside?
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How cold is too cold?
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BigBill
Absent Comrade
Go ice fishing and get a tan.
Bozz10mm
US Veteran
I put a pot of boiling water on the back porch. If it freezes so fast that it is still warm, I stay inside.
Buckey08
Well-known member
Dang it, might have to put my shorts up for the year.
DeathGrip
US Veteran
This winter I haven't used a heater and only wore a thin flannel once in the morning. I still wear white after Labor Day.
You can dress for cold but they won't let you strip down bare in most places when it's hot.
You can dress for cold but they won't let you strip down bare in most places when it's hot.
What do we do?
Well this morning I found the breaker had popped on my truck heater when the air compressor kicked in. So no warm truck engine.
It was 12 below zero, or for you Canucks it was -24C.
I wore a jacket, but no gloves. The wind was hard on my hands pumping fuel when I got to the gas station.
After the sun came up a little more the temperature warmed to a balmy 0 degrees and I left the jacket in the truck while I ran errands in and out of businesses and stores. I did have a long sleeve t-shirt on and a baseball cap.
Once you get used to -20 and -30, 0 degrees is a cake walk.
My kids went skiing last night when it was -6F out. It's just that we get used to it!!
Now in the spring, when it warms to 40 or 45, about half the people around here are in shorts and t-shirts....
You just get used to it.
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Well this morning I found the breaker had popped on my truck heater when the air compressor kicked in. So no warm truck engine.
It was 12 below zero, or for you Canucks it was -24C.
I wore a jacket, but no gloves. The wind was hard on my hands pumping fuel when I got to the gas station.
After the sun came up a little more the temperature warmed to a balmy 0 degrees and I left the jacket in the truck while I ran errands in and out of businesses and stores. I did have a long sleeve t-shirt on and a baseball cap.
Once you get used to -20 and -30, 0 degrees is a cake walk.
My kids went skiing last night when it was -6F out. It's just that we get used to it!!
Now in the spring, when it warms to 40 or 45, about half the people around here are in shorts and t-shirts....
You just get used to it.
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meaneyedcatz
Well-known member
We lived in Peoria IL for 15 years (I know its no comparison to MN SD ND etc) and its far enough north that when winter comes it typically stays. There were times there was snow on the ground from nov to march.
Well now we are back in the homeland, MO, just outside of STL. When its zero degrees I easily tolerate it because in a week in a half or two it 45 degrees.
Well now we are back in the homeland, MO, just outside of STL. When its zero degrees I easily tolerate it because in a week in a half or two it 45 degrees.
kozmic
Well-known member
Winter gets old (especially as I get older). Not so much for the cold, but for the gray skies and lack of sunshine. We get 100" of snow a year, but seldom get below 0 more than a handful of times per winter. -15F in almost unheard in this area and only happens in the dead of a crystal clear night.
I still walk the dog, maybe not as far and with a bit more vigor. I let the car warm up a bit longer. I don't mind plowing the driveway or shoveling our walkway. I might alter my plans somewhat, but will do anything that's pressing.
So, as of this point in my life....the cold? Bring it!
I still walk the dog, maybe not as far and with a bit more vigor. I let the car warm up a bit longer. I don't mind plowing the driveway or shoveling our walkway. I might alter my plans somewhat, but will do anything that's pressing.
So, as of this point in my life....the cold? Bring it!
Hack
Well-known member
Stay inside:
In the 'down time' from above (and I'm not sitting at work), I clean guns. Got about a dozen handguns and a couple shotguns left to get the annual deep cleaning/oil treatment.
CW Spook
US Veteran
The good thing about -20 degree temps are when you finally get a nice sunny day with no wind, zero feels like a heat wave. I just toss on my wolf-fur parka and get on with my life.
Coldshooter
Well-known member
I have sat in a hot tub at -45 hair froze into little spikes. I enjoyed the sauna at those temps then out into the cold and come in when the steam quit rising off of me.
Hillbilly77
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Anything below 78F is too damned cold, but I can deal with temps in the 20's if I have to.
I love a bit of snow and 30's for hunting with my rifle.
I love a bit of snow and 30's for hunting with my rifle.
carpriver
US Veteran
I kinda feel that cold is a frame of mind. I just put on my fur lined jock strap and zip up my coat pull out my stocking cap and go about my business.
1Aspenhill
US Veteran, SWCA Member, Absent Comrade
4 years in Alaska. -20 we did PT unless the wind was blowing. Been in the field at -65 and have my -50 certificate. You learn how to adapt and survive and stay warm!
roundgunner
US Veteran
-15 is as low as I will play in. Lower than that is work only. Over 80 is too hot over 90 stay in the AC.
