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We have just had a week below -20C (some days below -30 and wind chills below -40) so 0C would seem warm right now... (And likely many would be out in t-shirts, possibly even shorts)...
It is all relative
You really know it is cold when you can throw boiling hot water in the air and it turns to snow instantly!
>50ºC - Brutally hot
42-50ºC - Scorching
35-42ºC - Very hot
30-35ºC - Hot
25-30ºC - Warm
20-25ºC - Mildly warm
15-20ºC - Neutral (above average for where I live, but I'm most likely outside in the daytime)
10-15ºC - Mildly cool
5-10ºC - Cool
0-5ºC - Somewhat cold
-7-0ºC - Cold
-15--7ºC - Very cold
-30--15ºC - Frigid
<-30ºC - Brutally cold
115ºF and up - Brutally hot
100ºF - 114ºF - Extremely hot
85ºF - 99ºF - Hot - Prolonged outdoor exposure can be uncomfortable
75ºF - 84ºF - Warm
60ºF - 74ºF - Mild
50ºF - 59ºF - Cool - A brisk, refreshing cool; lower limit of shorts/T-shirt weather
33ºF - 49ºF - Chilly - A hoody may be needed if outdoors prolonged (unless it's sunny)
15ºF - 32ºF - Cold - Classic wintry weather
0ºF - 14ºF - Very cold
-20ºF to -1ºF - Extremely cold
-40ºF to -21ºF - Arctic cold
-80ºF to -41ºF - Antarctic cold
-81ºF or lower - Brutally cold
Temperatures near the boundary of two of these classifications may be an intermediate color, in situations where a wider color palette is available. For instance, a temperature of around 32ºF may be a turquoise color; 58ºF may be a lime green-yellow color; 84ºF may be red-orange; and 98ºF a burgundy color.
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