Scorching heat vs bitter cold. (climate, hot, ice, average)

[TheHurricaneKid]

Originally Posted by DaninEGF

I have taken out trash in shorts and a t-shirt with a -30F wind chill, quite common where I live.

I wouldn't stay out too long, though.

[Kamsack]

Originally Posted by TheHurricaneKid

I wouldn't stay out too long, though.

No I wouldnt either.

[tarzan_taborda]

I prefer 35ºC to -10ºC

My nose and lips start to bleed everytime the temperature stays below 0ºC for a couple of hours, plus my skin gets terribly dry.

[The East Frisian]

I prefer cold over heat, although the cold we get here is moderated (in US/Canadian points of view).
It rarely drops below -10°C here for longer periods, so i'm not sure it i could handle real cold for longer at lets say below -30°C/-22°F temperatures. The coldest i experienced sofar was -17°C/1°F but i felt fine here with some extra layers of clothing.

The heat we get here is also moderated, highs rising above 30°C/86°F only happens a few times here, nevertheless i began to feel uncomfortable when it rises above the 30°C mark, especially combined with high humidity.

Also you can dressed up against the cold, while as for heat you can only take off your clothes and running around in swimwear when it is too hot, are not be the best option if you live in the central parts of a city.

[Infamous92]

Scorching heat > any kind of cold.

Frostbite is never any fun, I wish it was in the 100's right now.

[Caleb Yeung]

Heat is never fun, Give me -40C over 50C any day.

[MeteoMan]

What do you call "scorching heat"? I've experienced 50°C (122°F) and it wasn't what you would call comfortable, and I sweat constantly, and heavily, but it was not as "painful" as even -10°C is.

[psurangers11]

How many of these threads do we have on this subject? Overkill....

[Red3311]

In the cold you can layer up in the heat you can only take off so much, you get sunburnt, humidity makes you sweat in weird places etc LOL

Talking heat though id rather take Arizona 100 degree heat over Florida 92 degree heat plus 100% humidity

[Max96]

I haven't experienced really extreme cold (the coldest I experienced was about -28C), but, despite I like cold winters, I don't really physically enjoy too cold temperatures, especially with wind. I just find the cold less uncomfortable than heat and I like snow covered landsapes.