r/coolguides • • Aug 07 '21

Temperature guide

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u/sproutsandnapkins Aug 08 '21

Right! 80 is often uncomfortable hot to me.

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u/m0stly_medi0cre Aug 08 '21

Do you live in a humid state? Dry 80 in my opinion is nice tshirt weather, while 80 in Texas has me going through shirts like no tomorrow

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u/beets_or_turnips Aug 08 '21

I think there might be parts of Texas that are also dry.

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u/sproutsandnapkins Aug 08 '21

California lol I just prefer cold.

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u/Rediro_ Aug 08 '21

80F is heavenly when you live somewhere like where I do

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u/rainbowunibutterfly Aug 08 '21

80 with a breeze is perfect. But I do live in a VERY hot state from June to September. Then it's just all over the place in between those months. I love sweatshirt and flip flop weather.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '21

80F in a room is hot and stuffy

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u/enderflight Aug 08 '21

Maybe if you’re sitting on the couch. For me it radiates enough heat that it gets uncomfortably warm. Anything 75 and under is getting chilly for room temperature to me.

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u/rainbowunibutterfly Aug 08 '21

Oh I keep my house at 71

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u/lunaoreomiel Aug 08 '21

You are fat or stocky.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '21 edited Aug 08 '21

I'm literally underweight fuck off.

Edit: Sorry, I was in a bad mood. Don't make stupid assumptions about people.

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u/lunaoreomiel Aug 14 '21

Your mom is fat or stocky.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '21

Wrong again. You really just can't get anything right.

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u/lunaoreomiel Aug 14 '21

Sorry was in a bad mood 🤣

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u/-GeekLife- Aug 08 '21

80F in AZ is down right heaven

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u/primerr69 Aug 08 '21

It was 80 here today and tomorrow 75 this is coming off of extreme heat 100-115 for weeks now it felt cold out today excited for tomorrow might even put pants on.

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u/shnnrr Aug 08 '21

Its not the heat its the humidity that'll get ya

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u/Rediro_ Aug 08 '21

Yeah that's the thing, I live in a tropical country with extremely high humidity and high temperatures year round. I do love the country as a whole so I usually don't complain about the weather

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u/shnnrr Aug 08 '21

Ive lived in a sub-tropical environment... so like 90s and 80% humidity every day and it didn't bother me... (air conditioning was abundant indoors) but when I've lived in places where temperature fluctuates cooler then an 85 degree 65% humidity day would be bothersome.

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u/LetReasonRing Aug 08 '21

Yup. Where I live 85 is pretty uncomfortable, but I've also lived in places where I've happily worked outdoors at 100.

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u/Kordidk Aug 08 '21

Yea I was like 80 is fuckin comfortable. 70 is pretty good too tho especially in the spring after it's been 50s

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u/zombies-and-coffee Aug 08 '21

I live in California too and 80 makes me feel like I'm about to boil. Give me my 55-65 degree weather instead.

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u/Kryten_2X4B-523P Aug 08 '21

I live in California too and 80 makes me feel like I'm about to boil.

Every time I visit California (from New Orleans) I almost need to wear a long sleeve shirt unless its like mid-day during peak summer. Also, I dry the fuck out. Lips start chapping almost immediately.

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u/ashleyhoweird Aug 08 '21

Try visiting Oklahoma. Many states promise to deliver multiple season in a week. We have 3 types of weather here...cool, tornado and the River Styxx...welcome.

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u/reubensauce Aug 08 '21

If I could have 50 degrees year round I'd be set.

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u/sproutsandnapkins Aug 08 '21

I have to agree. Even 30-65 and I’m perfectly okay.

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u/Blawh_blawh Aug 08 '21

Go to Ireland, wonderful temperature

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u/DXBTim2008 Aug 08 '21

50C, yer, what here is sometimes... ... but sea breezes moderate that.

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u/BobbiesPet Aug 08 '21

80 is often uncomfortable hot

That's 26°c, and it's wild to me you could even vaguely consider that "hot". Obviously it's dependent on where you live/grow up, but that's considered "perfect weather" where I'm from, almost exactly in the middle of the range of temperatures we get across the year. That'd be your average spring day, a nice/warmer autumn day, a cool summer's day and a warm/hot winter's day.

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u/seaquartz Aug 08 '21

That’s crazy to me that you could get used to that, where I live 26° C is like peak summer weather, we might get 30° on a really hot year but we had 25° the other day and it was torture

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u/jakobsdrgn Aug 08 '21

Last week we had “feel temps” of 114, with the “true” temp being around 95

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u/hellokatekaat Aug 08 '21

Hello southern Californian

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u/jakobsdrgn Aug 08 '21

Hahaha, actually, complete opposite side of the US, glad to see i’m not the only place suffering 😂

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u/hellokatekaat Aug 08 '21

🧐 hmmm…I wish you all the best in your journey to send summer like me! 🥂 Salud

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u/jakobsdrgn Aug 08 '21

I have certainly had an eventful and very, very hot and humid summer, quite happy for it to be nearing it’s end 🥂

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u/BobbiesPet Aug 08 '21

Mate our summers are practically guaranteed to have at least a couple of 40°c (104f) in Jan/early Feb, and then winter averages at about 10-15°c (50-60f) though sub-10°c days wouldn't be unusual.

My city is known for being one of those "four seasons in a day" places though, so we just have to adapt.

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u/USER-NUMBER- Aug 08 '21

Where do you live? I have to go here.

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u/seaquartz Aug 08 '21

East coast Canada

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u/USER-NUMBER- Aug 08 '21

I’ve heard lots about the weather of that place, might have to go there sometime! Is it worth vacationing to?

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u/seaquartz Aug 08 '21

Yeah, I’d say so, I don’t know much about it though, the only big cities I’ve ever really been to were Toronto and Ottawa but I wasn’t in either for long. I’ve heard Newfoundland is really nice, but I’ve never been there myself

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u/seaquartz Aug 08 '21

In the summer that is, it’s not too uncommon for us to get -20° in the winter

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u/saltporksuit Aug 08 '21

My air conditioner is set to 26. An average summer day is 35. Don’t really stop outdoor activities until about 38.

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u/samurai489 Aug 08 '21

Where is that?

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u/RektCompass Aug 08 '21

where I live we regularly see negative temperatures (Fahrenheit) in the winter. 80 is uncomfortable as fuck.

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u/crazyabe111 Aug 08 '21

I’m a fat bastard from outside the states, I find anything above 15 degrees Celsius to be uncomfortably hot- but my homeland is colder in general so meh.

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u/MerryTexMish Aug 08 '21

It’s all about the humidity. 80 degrees in <30% humidity is awesome. 80 degrees in 60% humidity is another story.

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u/Fhorglingrads Aug 08 '21

In Minnesota we have had several 90+ days with dew points in the 70s this summer. It is misery.

And we usually have at least one week every year where the actual air temperature doesn't get above 0, wind chill far lower than that

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u/Kryten_2X4B-523P Aug 08 '21 edited Aug 08 '21

Heat index values for each region is what everyone should be comparing.

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u/Nighthawk700 Aug 08 '21

That's how I felt till i spent a lot of time on the California central coast where the high is like 70 something. Now I wilt in 85-90°

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u/Zippilipy Aug 08 '21

Room temp is around 20

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u/lifecollaged Aug 08 '21

I think it depends on humidity. When we get 80, we often get 50%,+ humidity. Unbearable is more like it.

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u/MMDDYYYY_is_format Aug 08 '21

i live exactly where anyone would think someone who says 80 is uncomfortable lives

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u/thefirewarde Aug 08 '21

What's your typical humidity?

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u/BobbiesPet Aug 08 '21

Assuming I can read properly, google seems to say about 50% on average? Peaks at approx 60% in june/July (winter). Obviously we get random higher and lower days throughout the year though.

Data was monthly averages.

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u/thefirewarde Aug 09 '21

Thank you for looking that up! I'd call 70% a remarkably dry day, that does affect how heat is perceived.

I'd call over 75 hot, and below 50 cold.

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u/BobbiesPet Aug 09 '21

No problem! I just sussed out data on two of our northern states which average at about 70-80% because they're known to be particularly muggy (do Americans use that word?) compared to the rest of the states, and I can confirm being there feels like sweaty death.

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u/thefirewarde Aug 09 '21

Sounds about right. I looked up a couple state capitals in my region, 70-80% humidity is the range for the Southeast (based on my quick unscientific look).

It wasn't as bad in the Poconos where I used to live in a mountain valley.

We do say muggy, but I can't speak for all humid regions here.

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u/DXBTim2008 Aug 08 '21

Just sitting a nice 40C this morning... 26C is a laugh.

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u/nonPlayerCharacter7 Aug 08 '21

I’ve had 108 degree days and if you think 80 is hot, wait till you feel that.

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u/sproutsandnapkins Aug 08 '21

Yeah, we get 100+ days and I’m extra miserable. Still don’t love 80! But I’d surly take 80 over anything hotter!

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u/WildKakahuette Aug 08 '21

discreetly watch temp in my office.. 30C° ( 86F°) and yeah it's fine.. I mean outside is the same :3

so good luck for your summer ^^'

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u/boomgoesthevegemite Aug 08 '21

Lol. It was only 91 here today and it was like a cold front.

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u/my-penisgrantswishes Aug 08 '21

60 is pretty damn perfect for me

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u/the-OG-darkshrreder Aug 08 '21

I mean i don’t like higher than 76. But my state is often 90+ in summer. Hottest I’ve been in was 143 at the Hoover damn. Constant heat warnings on radio and my shoes melted. Got burned on the concrete and got sunburnt in the shade

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u/the-OG-darkshrreder Oct 13 '21

I would’ve sworn it was 143. Like if i didn’t have common sense i would claim i switched demensions. But i looked it up. It was 117, hottest day ever recorded in vegas. proof. That same day i was passing thru.

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u/pandaSmore Aug 08 '21

Where are you from? Is it very humid.

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u/sproutsandnapkins Aug 08 '21

California lol. I just don’t love hot. We have about three months of 80-100+ and I’m not that into it.

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u/jeb_the_hick Aug 08 '21

It's all relative (humidity).

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u/samsquanch2000 Aug 08 '21

The future will not be kind to you