# Acclimating to climate changes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acclimating-to-climate-changes/201406>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 13, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acclimating-to-climate-changes/201406 "2003-09-13T17:04:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![boi1945](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@boi1945](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boi1945)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acclimating-to-climate-changes/201406/1 "2003-09-13T17:04:01Z")

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Whenever I have moved from a colder climate to a warmer one, I am amazed at the people who have lived there all their lives. When winter comes, they wear heavy coats while I get by on just a long-sleeved shirt. Later, after I have lived there over a year or so, the winters seem colder to me. Is adjusting to a new climate more psychological, or physiological? And what kind of changes do our bodies go through to adjust? Is it in the blood, or what?

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**Author:** ![JaxBeachBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@JaxBeachBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaxBeachBoy)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acclimating-to-climate-changes/201406/2 "2003-09-13T18:22:51Z")

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This is definately a real phenomenon, I can attest to the same thing, having moved from Indiana to Fl a few years ago.

If it gets around 50 degrees, I usually have at least a sweater on, and usually a jacket.

There was a time in Indiana when I would be running around in shorts and a Tshirt at 50 degrees.