It was midnight, and I'd missed the last subway, so I walked home from the office last night. The walk was mostly safe; there wasn't enough ice to warrant breaking out my special cleats. Of note, though: it was 13°F (-10.6°C), but despite the cold, I was bundled up in exactly the same gear I had used when doing my creekside walk in 24-degree weather, and, strangely, it all felt the same. As I noted before, 13 degrees isn't arctic weather by any means, but I'm wondering whether there's a certain range of coldness that all pretty much feels the same, even if the temperature variance is more than 10 degrees. Things might have to get a lot chillier before there's any need to add more layers.
Monday, January 23, 2017
'twas cold last night, but...
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Wind chill is an important intensifier.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. My coworker and I were talking about that very thing earlier today. 13 degrees, with wind, would have been awful.
ReplyDeleteThat said, my cell phone was telling me that the temperature was 13 degrees, but that it felt like 4 degrees. Actually, it didn't.
ReplyDeleteYou probably need to upgrade your cell phone :)
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