# Baby It's cold outside **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 14, 2007, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/429982 "2007-12-14T11:00:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/429982/21 "2007-12-14T16:50:15Z")
It’s 51 F (about 11 C) here. Since it has been a strange run of unseasonably warm days (it hit 82 F, or 26 C, three days ago, if I remember right), that’s positively chilly to me. I have to wear pants, of all things. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/429982/22 "2007-12-14T17:11:48Z")
Yesterday it was 39 F here in the lovely Bay Area and the people on the radio were moaning about how frigid it was. Californians are such wimps. Voyager - former resident of places with real weather. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/429982/23 "2007-12-14T17:15:52Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] I am deeply puzzled by girls who go clubbing in the winter without a coat. Cough up a few extra bucks for the coatcheck darlings. It’s much cheaper than the prosthetic limb you’ll have to buy when your legs fall off from frostbite. [/QUOTE] Girls go clubbing without coats? Seriously? I’ve seen girls wearing open toed shoes in the winter here but at least they remember to wear their coats. Yowza. But me, I look at it as an opportunity to wear boots…also sexy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NailBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NailBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NailBunny)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/429982/24 "2007-12-14T17:24:20Z")
[This is Reno at the moment.](http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/USNV0076.html) It is Freezing Ass Cold. The snow from last Friday has not gone anywhere…when it does melt a little, it just turns into black ice as soon as the sun sets. My grey hoodie has become a permanent fixture over whatever shirt I’m wearing for the day, even inside the office. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/429982/25 "2007-12-14T17:31:53Z")
[QUOTE=sandra\_nz] Here is Macclesfield is -1 degrees celsius! I’ve just been out for a walk around the block which has taught me that I need to get a hat with ear flaps - they’re freezing! [/QUOTE] [hijack]Macclesfield? Macclesfield? Have you been to Alderley and seen the Wizard’s spring? I wanted to stop there on my way north three years ago when I was taking a month’s holiday in the UK, but I just couldn’t work it into the schedule. Dang it. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/429982/26 "2007-12-14T17:43:05Z")
Tis 27 F here south of Chicago and the sun is brilliant. No fog, no clouds, no snow (melted into ice pockets over the past few days–I prefer snow). ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/429982/27 "2007-12-14T17:53:42Z")
It’s been mild and damp here in Toronto, with temperatures within a few degrees of freezing. There have been flurries, and the ground is white with snow. We were colder a couple of weeks ago; it got down to -10 C one day and I was near ther lower limit of my long coat and sweater combo (which includes mitts, scarf, and toque at need, plus short urban boots). I almost broke out the parka and tall winter boots. We’re about to get pasted by a winter storm on the weekend, though. Why don’t you folks in England insulate and seal your houses? ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/429982/28 "2007-12-14T17:53:43Z")
I think it’s 8 here. The house smells stuffy, but my husband will kill me if I open some windows. Maybe I’ll simmer some potpourri. ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/429982/29 "2007-12-14T17:58:39Z")
Got above zero already today! Big day! ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/429982/30 "2007-12-14T19:34:15Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Why don’t you folks in England insulate and seal your houses? [/QUOTE] Some of us do, myself f’rinstance. You have to bear in mind that we English aint as rich as you North Americans and also our winters aint really all that bad compared to yours. Been yonks since we had any snow, leastways around here ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/429982/31 "2007-12-14T19:50:18Z")
It was -18 C yesterday, or essentially 0 F. A fine day to realize my coolant level was low and I drove to work (25 minutes) with absolutely no heat. I fixed that last night. It’s a balmy -11 C at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/429982/32 "2007-12-15T00:02:50Z")
Right now here in the mountains in Idaho is is 9F. When I went out shopping earlier it was something like 15F. And I was perfectly fine. (Except that my iPod died halfway to the store, but that’s another thread.) Buncha wimps on this board, though not everybody posting in this thread. Apparently winter agrees with me. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/429982/33 "2007-12-15T00:24:54Z")
I had frost on my windshield two days in a row. When I checked [here](http://www.stocktonport.com/weather2/WeatherWeb%20West%20Complex.html), it said that it didn’t get down to 32 last night, but that’s in the port. I’m a little further inland, and I had the frost as proof. I’m in an old house (1920’s) with rattling windows, no insulation (yes, it’s on my list), and a floor heater in the dining room. At nights, I really appreciate my dog. The cats help some, too. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/429982/34 "2007-12-15T05:54:28Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] I just saw a sparrow wearing gloves, scarf and a topcoat. Here in Merrie England, the North West of, it’s 2 degrees above freezing and I’m far from impressed. I’m most certainly a warm weather chap Now I realise that the temp in the good old US of A will be, in some states, much lower than we ever get but even so it just aint on. What happened to all the global warming they promised us? Ah well, time to turn up the CH a notch [/QUOTE] Is that 2…Celsius? Because today it started off at -6F and warmed up to +4F and we have a foot of snow on the ground. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/429982/35 "2007-12-15T05:59:26Z")
It’s 7 F here at the moment (- 15 C). With windchill factored in, it’s on the cool side. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/429982/36 "2007-12-15T06:08:49Z")
It’s going to be 31 tonight. There is a severe weather alert and it’s all over the news. It might even FREEZE!! Oh my god, run for your lives! But it’s way too cold for me- once you’ve lived here a while you can’t tolerate cold anymore, even if you grew up in Michigan. It was mid-50’s and sunny today and I was so cold (with a jacket on), I thought I might die. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/429982/37 "2007-12-15T06:15:39Z")
[QUOTE=Xema] How does that work? Here in the US of A, trains are delayed by many trivial things, but seem undeterred by frost, or indeed less than several inches of snow. [/QUOTE] Should’ve taken the trains in fascist Italy. 🙂 (Okay, okay. I know that wasn’t really true.) ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/429982/38 "2007-12-15T09:18:47Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] I just saw a sparrow wearing gloves, scarf and a topcoat. Here in Merrie England, the North West of, it’s 2 degrees above freezing [/QUOTE] So what you’re saying is, even your _BIRDS_ are flippin’ wimps?!? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/429982/39 "2007-12-15T14:13:32Z")
-15F this morning. Gives you that tingle in the nose. Thank god for heated seats. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/429982/40 "2007-12-15T15:57:46Z")
-2.5C here, at least according to the digital thermometer in the town square. More to the point, it’s snowing. REALLY snowing. Lots and lots of snow. Since last winter it barely snowed at all, this is a new experience for me. I’m a little concerned, seeing as it strikes me unlikely that my town owns, say, a snow plow. This could be interesting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/429982.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/429982.md?page=3)