Coldest temperature at which you have worn shorts (2015, world, sunshine)
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I always wear shorts regardless of temperature but -10 C is about as cold as I've noted thus far.
It's a Canadian thing - at least for men. Cold just doesn't bother me anyway. Heat does bother me but fortunately I'm a lifeguard and work in water all the time so I can just jump in the pool before going on stand.
For me it's probably around 45 F or 50 F. In P.E. in middle school, I almost always wore shorts, and we would occasionally run outside at those temperatures. I wore a sweatshirt on those days, however, so it wasn't too bad.
In day-to-day life I usually only wear shorts if the forecast high is over 80 F.
I once went into a cold room at Woolworths to get milk when the shop was short – they asked nothing of me and I tried to be unobtrusive. It surprises me that special coats should have to be used in a country that – although warm for its latitude – is not as hot as most of Australia!
I generally wear shorts if it’s above 20˚C (68˚F) maximum – though my experience in Hobart’s clear air suggests better sun protection is needed then. I would have worn shorts on cool mornings of about 7˚C (45˚F) quite a number of times in Melbourne – it’s not uncomfortable when it gets above 20˚C or so even momentarily.
oh yeah !
that said, usually I rarely shorts below like 15c. That applies mostly to summer days when I stay out all night and the temp drops after dark, but here it rarely gets that low in mid summer. I usually feel more comfortable in shorts above 25c.
So, between 15 and 25c I can either wear shorts or long pants, shorts becoming more comfortable when the temperature rises of course.
I've worn shorts in cold weather, though I will usually wear them only if it is above 15C/60F. As a kid, I actually hated wearing long pants and long-sleeve shirts, even in cool weather. It's only as an adult that I've become used to wearing normal clothes, though I still prefer shorts and a T-shirt in warm weather.
I once walked outside in the streets in shorts and short sleeves with -1 °C (30 °F) at 08:20 A.M. because then it would get warmer, it was 15 °C (59 °F) in the afternoon and it felt comfortable. It it was -1 °C in the afternoon as a high temperature I would not have done that. I've joked about going outside in shorts to make someone laugh with temperatures as low as -10 °C (14 °F), but just for like 10/15 seconds, just letting them laugh, and then I went back inside.
It may sound like easy for people who live in non-frost climates, but I can assure you than even -10 °C (14 °F), which can be commonly found in climate charts in continental climates, is very cold. I suppose you can't walk around the streets even for 10 minutes wearing only shorts and short-sleeves, you'll literally freeze. That's why I think climates like London, Vancouver and Christchurch and superior
It may sound like easy for people who live in non-frost climates, but I can assure you than even -10 °C (14 °F), which can be commonly found in climate charts in continental climates, is very cold. I suppose you can't walk around the streets even for 10 minutes wearing only shorts and short-sleeves, you'll literally freeze. That's why I think climates like London, Vancouver and Christchurch and superior
You would walk around London and Vancouver in winter, in shorts and short sleeves?
I suppose you can't walk around the streets even for 10 minutes wearing only shorts and short-sleeves, you'll literally freeze.
No, you won't. I've seen plenty of people being outside in shorts for much longer than that at -10C without "literally freezing." However, at -20C, one can certainly get frostbite after several minutes if there is a breeze. At -30C you'll definitely freeze after 10 or 15 minutes. That is, the surface of any exposed skin will freeze, although deep frostbite will take longer to set in (at least in my experience).
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Originally Posted by Joe90
You would walk around London and Vancouver in winter, in shorts and short sleeves?
Oceanic winters are mild, so it's possible for many people. I don't own long pants in Geneva for instance, except for formal occasions (but those aren't jeans). The rainy days are the most annoying for this type of dress code, more so than the coldest mornings.
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