What type of clothes needed for 0 degrees? (Denver: house, live)

[CruisingUSA]

So I've been checking up on the weather lately here in anticipation of relocating to Denver soon.

I noticed tomorrow temps going to be 0 degrees Coming from Florida/Texas...I'm not sure I'm full prepared for that type of weather. Seems like it'd permeate straight thru the skin and into the lungs. What can I do to keep warm?

[Sgoldie]

Layer your clothes. For instance, down jacket over fleece jacket over turtleneck sweater. Always wear a hat that covers your ears, gloves (two pair if necessary), boots with heavy socks (two pair if necessary), and a scarf (which can also be used to cover your face if windy or below zero.

[Brian_M]

I've never been in a business or home that was colder than ~55 (my parents kept our house at 55 through the winter to save on money, though it was warmer next to the fire), most keep the temps somewhere between 65~70. You may have to "brave the cold" to walk from a home/business to a car, but we're talking a couple minutes here and you won't die if you went out in a T-shirt and shorts. It'd be uncomfortable, but in no way harmful. To be comfortable, you'll probably only need a wool watch cap, wind-proof insulated jacket and not too thick gloves.

Now, if you're planning on heading out for 10~14 hours at a time, it's a Completely different animal. You can invest over a thousand dollars in good gear for that kind of stuff.

[BarryK123]

Originally Posted by CruisingUSA

Seems like it'd permeate straight thru the skin and into the lungs.

The primary cause of "permeating" is humidity, which we don't have here.

[Mike from back east]

Originally Posted by CruisingUSA

So I've been checking up on the weather lately here in anticipation of relocating to Denver soon.

I noticed tomorrow temps going to be 0 degrees Coming from Florida/Texas...I'm not sure I'm full prepared for that type of weather. Seems like it'd permeate straight thru the skin and into the lungs. What can I do to keep warm?

Actually, if the humidity is low (which it is MOST of the time) and sun is shining (most days) you will barely feel the cold in the bone chilling way it's felt in humid climates in the east or south. We lived the DC/Baltimore area for over 50 years and trust me, I can shovel snow for hours at zero and not feel it anywhere but in my hands, feet and face.

If you stay in the area of Denver (not up in the high country on a skiing trip) then you can outfit yourself for a few hundred dollars with a winter coat, gloves, boots and maybe a hood or face shield (balaclava), from the usual places, like L.L.Bean, Land's End, or a local store.

For local commuting and such, a balaclava or full-face mask would be overkill, that sort of gear is for when you'd be out in the weather for hours. Most locals get by with jeans, a warm coat, gloves and maybe a hoodie.

As I've many times on these forums, MILLIONS live here, so it can't be that bad, eh.

[Count David]

Hoodie, maybe a beanie, and gloves if I'm going to be working outside for more than five minutes.

[Katarina Witt]

You don't really need special clothes for 0 degrees, like you do in Illinois, where I lived prior to here. Regular winter clothes, worn in layers as some have said, will work just fine. It doesn't get down to 0 *that* often, maybe once per winter. Most winter days are warm and sunny.

[lalahartma]

Wool. Layers of wool. And good footwear. I like to avoid synthetic fibers due to static electricity.

[CruisingUSA]

Originally Posted by lalahartma

static electricity.

which runs rampant in Denver LOL...

[Dusty Rhodes]

What type of clothes needed for 0 degrees?

Ok, would that be Farenheght (sp), Celsius, or Kelvin?