# How cold would a sports game or outdoor event have to be to see mass casualties/deaths from hypothermia?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Tags:** football-nfl\
**Created:** [January 11, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-would-a-sports-game-or-outdoor-event-have-to-be-to-see-mass-casualties-deaths-from-hypothermia/995968 "2024-01-11T18:47:46Z")\
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> [@Folly](#):
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> C or F?

Kelvin

Yes pendants, I know if it were Kelvin we wouldn’t use “degrees” also.

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> [@Saint\_Cad](#):
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> Yes pendants, I know if it were Kelvin we wouldn’t use “degrees” also.

Umm … Actually it’s pedants. 😛

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Maybe they’re hanging from his neck.

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**Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-would-a-sports-game-or-outdoor-event-have-to-be-to-see-mass-casualties-deaths-from-hypothermia/995968/44 "2024-03-11T11:32:25Z")

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> [@TriPolar](#):
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> I assume they’ll be wearing reasonable clothing for the situation.

For a healthy person in dry conditions, this is definitely the key. My dad had a cold weather outfit that was designed to withstand conditions down to fifty degrees below zero when all of the components were worn properly. He rarely used it because, he said, if the temperature got above zero degrees, he would start sweating. The Ice Bowl, if my knowledge of sports history is correct, was in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and those people know how to dress in the winter.

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