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It is 5°C here now, I'm wearing shorts. This is Sweden. When the sun comes out in spring and there isn't too much snow it is shorts-time - use it or loose it.
by Ourgon 5y ago
It is 5°C here now, I'm wearing shorts. This is Sweden. When the sun comes out in spring and there isn't too much snow it is shorts-time - use it or loose it.
- opportune 5y agoThat's interesting. I didn't appreciate how much of this weather:attire relationship is cultural. You do still at least wear long-sleeve shirts at that temp right? I come from a more continental-climate-area in the US so I'm used to a range of temperatures from -15C to 35C. I just can't imagine wearing shorts under 15C unless I am exercising or indoors.
- Ourgon 5y agoI hardly ever wear long-sleeved shirts and even if I do I roll up my sleeves - if I don't they either get dirty, get caught in some machinery or just are in the way. When it is too cold for short sleeves I put on something long-sleeved over those short sleeves. I live on a 17th century farm which is heated by a wood-burning stove and a wood-burning kitchen stove. While it is quite possible to make it too hot for comfort inside (record is 27°C inside with -20°C outside, the result of adding a bit too much wood to the fire while leaving the ash door open) the inside temperature usually lies somewhere between 16°C and 18°C, in the morning often around 12°C. Having a lower inside temperature makes for a smaller temperature difference between inside and outside. This in turn makes for less of a cold shock when going out. Humans are, to a certain degree, more sensitive to temperature differences than to absolute temperature. If it is 17°C inside that 15°C outside can feel quite balmy. If it is 23°C inside those same 15°C feel quite chilly.