Do British people not feel the cold?

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russ_1uk@reddit

It's a Yorkshire thing. I'm a soft southerner who went out with a girl from Giggleswick back in the day and was mocked by all and sundry for my southernerness. I'm sure they're as freezing as we are, but you lose your YorkieCard if you admit to it.

Reddit__user_@reddit

Straight shirt-cocking it!

OminOus_PancakeS@reddit

PHWOOOAAARRRR

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Rossmci90@reddit

I was in Italy last October, it was lovely autumn weather around 18 degrees. I was walking around in a t shirt and all the Italians had coats and scarfs.

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PengyLi@reddit

The Italians definitely dress for the season vs the weather. So if there's an uncharacteristically warm spell in autumn or cool weather in the spring, they'll have already swapped to that season's wardrobe and therefore can't get their heads around dressing for the temperature. They'll be in the correct season's outfit!

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Eddie-Plum@reddit

Yeah, very much this. I was in Italy in March a few years ago and it was unseasonably warm. The air conditioning didn't seem to be working in my hotel room, so I asked at reception if it could be fixed or if I could move to a room where it works. The response I got was a quizzical look and I was told the hotel was still in winter mode until next month.

They don't turn on the AC because it's hot, they turn it on when it hits a certain date (presumably 1st May when is officially the holiday season)

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gooner712004@reddit

Holy shit I had the same thing. I was in Milan and felt pretty warm in my room, because I noticed the AC was on heat mode... I asked the host via WhatsApp if I can get access to my room's AC and he said:

"The system has been put into the winter mode as it is cold outside You need to put the setting just on fan to get cold air ( without regolating the temperature ) or into sun and decrease the temperature"

As you seen to know what you're talking about you can maybe answer this for me.

That's partly because the Italians dress to the calendar. When I was living there an Italian colleague couldn't understand me wearing a t-shirt in April. I pointed out it was 22 C and sunny. She just kept saying "but it's April!"

Judging from the mainland Chinese I know here in the UK: pretty much.

They also absolutely were not prepared for our horrible aircon-less summers.

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Latte-Addict@reddit

When I was flying back from India last month, half an hour before we went due to land (07:30), all the Indians were reaching for their jackets lol. There was me sat in a t shirt.

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CaliStormborn@reddit

It always makes me laugh when we visit my husband's family in Italy. They wear full waterproofs and bring an umbrella when there's a teeny bit of drizzle.

And they wrap up in thick coats, scarves, hats, mittens when it's 5 degrees... Just to do a 10 second walk to and from the heated car.

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Andythrax@reddit

I visited Tanzania in July 2019 and the locals were wearing hats and gloves and scarves because it was their winter (southern hemisphere). They couldn't believe I was wearing sunscreen and putting on shorts and a t-shirt

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RealisticAnxiety4330@reddit

Yep I had the same story in South Africa. The Tannies (aunts we were visiting family) were going mad at me for not putting my son in a puffy pram suit when it was 18+ degrees and they're wrapped up in 50 layers like it's Antarctica 🤣

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ZanzibarGuy@reddit

Guessing you were in the North - Arusha/Moshi maybe?

Down here in Zanzibar the coldest I've experienced in the last 15 or so years is 21°C. I have to go and find a light jumper for the evenings once it starts dropping to about 25°C.

And go back 3 decades or so, and I was one of these Northerners that OP is talking about. I don't get back much to the UK, but the last time was a 2 week visit - for 10 of those days I was basically wearing half of all the clothes id travelled with.

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Andythrax@reddit

I was central. We spent a week in Zanzibar for the sun but then went to Dodoma and travelled north to a small village. Finally Arusha on the return journey to see the sights.

My nana was Maltese and always complained about the cold here but also complained about the heat in Malta 🤣

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Dolphin_Spotter@reddit

I went on a cruise ship in the winter and most of the Italians wore coats indoors, even in the theatre.

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nizstor@reddit

Same when I went to work in South Africa. 26 degrees and they were all wearing jumpers in the office and closing windows to keep the heat in 🤣

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Ignatiussancho1729@reddit

I was working in Dubai (from the UK), and it was about 18 degrees during their winter, so I was straight on with shorts and t-shirt. Walking down the street there was a construction worker from South Asia somewhere who had a balaclava and puffy jacket on

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Giant_Ant_Eater@reddit

We visited some underground caves in Italy and we were warned by the locals to take extra clothing because it would be so cold.

FreekyDeep@reddit

About 10 years ago, I met another dad at the school gates and he was wearing a t-shirt and jeans. I was dressed in a coat, gloves and a scarf. It was snowing and about -2⁰C

When I asked him what he was doing, he reminded me that he had just returned from Siberia and it was 20+ degrees warmer here than there. So, fair point

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TabularConferta@reddit

I'd add that you even find variety in the UK. Londoners going to New Castle are switching to jeans while they are still in shorts

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massdebate159@reddit

Absolutely this. I have several Eastern European friends, and one night lots of us went to the pub on a very cold -3 night. A few of us were smokers. While we were outside, I noticed that they were shivering a lot more than the Brits. I said something along the lines of "It must be colder in Poland than it is here" the general reply was "Different kind of cold"

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Upset-Elderberry3723@reddit

There's a humidity difference. I've heard people from Canada say that the UK feels colder than Canada, and it comes down to humidity.

The UK is at constantly high humidity, which exacerbates how you feel the temperature. When it's generally colder, the high air moisture makes it cling to you and encapsulate you in cold air, while hotter times will make you moist and sticky because the hot air sticks to you.

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QuaintStaircase@reddit

I've been in canada in -5°C in t-shirt and shorts. It was a windless day and it was quite pleasant (albeit I was running so generating my own heat).

-5°C is batten down the hatches and don't leave home without a thick coat at home...

Likewise, 33°C in Colorado was "a bit too hot tbh". 33°C in the UK is someone take me outside and put me out of my misery.

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darksidemags@reddit

Another factor is that at -5c in canada there's a good chance it was also sunny, whereas [insert temperature here] it was probably cloudy in the UK.

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Weary_Swan_8152@reddit

By landmass, yes, but by population distribution isn't it still more likely to be cloudy?

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darksidemags@reddit

I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to say but if you're suggesting that there's some metric by which the UK gets more annual sunshine than any non-polar, populated region of Canada, the answer is no.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_sunshine_duration

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IIlIIlIIlIlIIlIIlIIl@reddit

This is a big reason as well. You can easily sit in 10c weather in the UK with just a shirt on if the sun is hitting you straight on.

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SeaCowb0y@reddit

And wind! It’s always so bloody windy, and usually cold wind at that.

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Brock_Lobstweiler@reddit

Likewise, 33°C in Colorado was "a bit too hot tbh".

Love this description because yeah, that's the right feeling for 33 in Colorado (90ish F).

If you're in the sun, you're dying. If you're in the shade, it's not bad at all. Shade with a breeze? Downright pleasant.

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Upset-Elderberry3723@reddit

It makes a tremendous difference. In fact, being wet and cold will supposedly kill you 5× faster than being cold alone.

Your body's surface moisture level has a big impact on how cold you feel, so imagine the difference between walking through 20% humidity cold air and 85% humidity cold air.

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Extension_Common_518@reddit

“Being wet and cold…” Yep, when I was in the army and doing outdoor survival training, the instructors told us that there are three main contributors to becoming hypothermic- cold temperature, wind and being wet. Cold itself can cause you to become hypothermic, but if you combine cold with either wet or wind (or both) you really speedrun the onset of hypothermia. Soaked to the skin in a howling gale in November in the Brecon Beacons really brought the point home.

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fartingbeagle@reddit

Right. I'm Irish and fucked so.

Although I'm probably just used to it.

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nemmalur@reddit

Which is why clothing is so important, and wearing something that’s not water repellent and doesn’t dry quickly, like denim, is a terrible idea.

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DeDeluded@reddit

In survival situations:

Shelter
Water
Food

In that order.

I once went to Las Vegas in June and it was in the low 40s and very dry and it was horrible. When it’s in the low 30s here with humidity it’s much more bareable.

The hot wind felt like i was breathing air from a hair dryer.

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Vectorman1989@reddit

Probably why I liked Malta so much. It's hot, but it's an island so it's a bit humid too.

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Severe-Fisherman-285@reddit

I was out in Canada for work and it was by no means full Canadian winter, but was (I think) about -5°C. I was happy in a t-shirt and a micro fleece.

Came home via Manchester Airport, was about 6°C and damp on landing and just couldn't get warm until I was home in front of the fire.

Had similar experiences in the US, walking around to get to the shops in -25°C. I was perfectly comfortable (unless I stopped too long) in the same T-shirt and fleece. I only put gloves on because my skin on my hands was drying as I watched it.

I stopped wearing that fleece hillwalking in Scotland because it just didn't work for me in mild dampness.

Ski-ing in Finland at -8 to -16°C I wore a (fancier) fleece and a wind shirt until it warmed up enough to sleet on the last day.

Britain is a damp and miserable little hole. I love the challenge and the changeability, but you really have to understand yourself and the weather to be comfortable.

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Went to Florida a long time ago, scorching hot in April, locals walking around in trousers and jumpers. *pants and sweaters

I'm a Yorkshireman in Canada and I will go for a walk in shorts and a t-shirt when it's a little below freezing but the locals don't. They ask me questions like "aren't you cold?" I find the dry freezing weather even more tolerable than cold and damp weather.

The summers are hot and humid though and some people here love it and some hate it and I am in the hate it group.

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AndiFolgado@reddit

Yeah you hit the nail on the head.

Growing up in Cape Town, South Africa, I was also used to temps in the 20-30’c range. My husband actually enjoys / appreciates the colder temperatures, tho he grew up in Johannesburg which tends to get colder than Cape Town.

I can remember when I first moved to the UK at 13’c, seeing my female peers all walking around in mini skirts and short sleeve shirts, I was shocked lol 😂 I would’ve stood out for so many reasons, esp with me wearing trousers and warmer attire hehe.

I moved to Southern California. In the middle of winter I used to wear shorts when I first moved here.

Now I've become acclimatized and I'm in long trousers and a light jacket when it goes below 18.

Feb 65%

Mar 66%

Apr 67%

May 62%

Jun 60%

Jul 63%

Aug 66%

Sep 68%

Oct 68%

Nov 66%

Absolutely this. I lived in Florida as a child and in our winter, you could tell who was visiting from up north as they would be walking around in shorts and a t-shirt.

Now I've lived in the UK for quite a few years, and walking to work today when it was 3 degrees, I was fairly comfortable wearing just a cardigan over my short sleeved dress.

Couple from Nigeria moved into my street a few years back (Glasgow), one day in their first year here it hit a balmy 21 degrees and they thought everyone was insane with paddling pools out and slapping on factor 30 stripped to shorts

Depends… Brits are a special breed. The line Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun is still pretty applicable; especially in Africa/Asia.

I’ve acclimatised myself to the southern hemisphere and yet when frequenting UK winters I still forget I’m no longer accustomed to the weather conditions.

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Most British people going to Australia would ask if Australian people don’t feel the heat.

There is nothing you can really do when it's hot.

But you can put appropriate clothes when is cold.

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IAmABritishGuy@reddit

I'm British... I'm an exception to this sound logic :(

I feel cold when it's under 20c~ and wish I could have 30c+ all the time. I spent 3 months in Australia in the height of summer and it was perfect weather for me! Loved the heat!

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Thunderoussshart@reddit

Yes it's what you're used to. Visited Sidney, sat out in a pub beer garden and they had the outdoor heating on. It was 20C...

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luciana-vee@reddit

I went to study on a uni exchange in Korea around March with another Brit and as it was 15c during the day, we were wearing light clothes and even T-shirts as the locals wore long puffy coats. The Americans in my dorm thought we were insane for trying to keep the windows open as they had heating on full blast and we were embracing the pleasant chill from outside 🥲

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thismyseriousaccount@reddit

Visited Las Vegas in November, it was 15c so we had jeans, t shirt and a light jacket.

The taxi driver from the airport was genuinely worried for our health as he told us he was wearing full thermal long johns along under his clothes with a body warmer on top

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Ziphoblat@reddit

Went to a wedding in Zambia, in a big canopy on a farm attended by around 500 people.

It was their winter, but still in the 25 - 30 range before accounting for the fact we were basically sitting in a greenhouse full of people in suits.

Our son was donning nothing but a nappy and sweating away, and some of my wife’s family members who were locals were horrified. Their babies were wrapped in blankets.

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Spid1@reddit

15c and I'm in a tshirt. (I'm in Yorkshire)

No they’re right. It’s a bit cold in the shade but there’s no clouds where I am so the sun feels hot on our faces

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W51976@reddit

The shade and breeze can make a difference. It really depends where you are. If there’s cloud and wind, it can feel cold even with temps up to 18-19c. Above that it can start to feel humid or muggy, and it depends which direction the wind is coming from.

W51976@reddit

I’m British and I always feel cold, especially when the temp is below 17c.

I still turn the heating on in the evenings, because the weather has been cold for May. Saturday was nice and warm though.

I tend to wait until the daytime temp is higher than 19c to feel comfortable wearing a t shirt outside. And the shorts don’t come out until it’s 22c.

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Irrxlevance@reddit

Same here. My hands are constantly cold and I’m disappointed about this weather considering its May. Way too cold.

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W51976@reddit

It will turn hot at some point, and I can’t wait for it.

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W51976@reddit

We are just ‘soft’ according to all those hard men and women from England who wear shorts when it’s 10c.

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QuirkyMerky@reddit

FINALLY someone talking sense! It’s got much colder the past few days - last night was only 3º! And I’m in the south east!

This is crap weather for May 👎🏼 I like it HOT! And so does my Raynauds 😄

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barkley87@reddit

I'm with you. I much prefer a Mediterranean climate than this.

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W51976@reddit

Yeah, I suffer from poor circulation, so my hands always turn a strange reddish blue, when temps are stuck in the low to mid teens, especially on breezy days.

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itchybeats@reddit

Yea I'm the same. I'm the odd one out in my town TBF people are constantly asking me how I'm not warm in a coat when it's 15 degrees.

It's actually cold enough to be cold that is why

18 degrees up and I'll take my coat off lol

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W51976@reddit

15c isn’t warm. It’s only mild or very mild between December and February.

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pharmamess@reddit

What if it's 21.8c and felt nice and warn? Would you put the shorts on or are you strict on the 22c rule?

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W51976@reddit

I prefer hot weather anyway. Always have done. Never really complain when it’s 30c in London either. The only part I don’t like about it, is having to use the tubes. Central line in London is horrible when it’s above 25c.

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W51976@reddit

21c with no breeze and sunshine is ok for shorts. 21c and cloudy during peak summer months of July and August by the coast isn’t warm enough for me.

Yep, I've worn shorts twice this season so far, when it was about 20 degrees.

20-25 range is perfect

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Cutie_sleepy@reddit

Agreed, 20° for me is jeans, a nice top, ballet flats weather, a light jacket for the mornings & cloudy moments. At 25° I let my legs go free from tights or jeans and wear a skirt or dress at last or if not then I'd wear a nice breezy cami top with jeans and some sandals. 30° it's finding the breeziest least touching my skin cotton or linen strappy dress and hope I don't get stuck to the bus seat

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Wide-Landscape-3348@reddit

Also school children notoriously don't dress for the weather

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Haytchie@reddit

This. I just had an argument with my teen about a rain coat. Apparently I am asking too much because he doesn't normally take a rain coat in the rain.

To be fair, when I was a 14 year old, my metabolism was burning like a furnace. I was eating easily 4,000 kcal a day and thin as a bean. People would regularly comment that if it was cold enough they could feel me radiating heat just by being near me.

I think kids just run hotter than adults.

In early spring, when it was still pretty nippy by my standards, I'd be taking my 6 year old to school and I'd dress him in a coat and cardigan and have to watch him shed them as he complains loudly about being too hot.

One of the crippling moments of realising I was old was being out in Newcastle on a Saturday night and going "Jesus Christ aren't they freezi-"

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Matthew_Kus@reddit

Temperature is relative, due to human adaptive mechanisms - in summer, when it’s 30C every day, you feel cold when one day it gets 10C with a cold wind. in winter however, when it’s -10C every day, you feel super warm when it gets 10C (same as above) in a single day.

Because it’s neural signalling, your body „telling you something” about the outside conditions and how it (your body) wants you to behave, ie accordingly to those conditions, to protect yourself.

Racing_Fox@reddit

You get used to it.

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HotSpacewasajerk@reddit

Can confirm, I moved to the desert as a red head that despised being hot. 18c was an ideal summers day. The first summer abroad was also a record breaker.

I was complaining when it hit the middle twenties that I couldn't remove any more layers, so when it hit 40+ I basically never went outside unless it was dark, except to get from the aircon in the house to the aircon in the car and into the aircon in the store... It was still in the mid 30s at fucking midnight.

The following summer, I coped fine and 6 years later, I am now complaining its still chilly in the mid to late teens like everyone else and will do yardwork in the mid 30s like thats totally normal behaviour.

Where I live also gets minus temps in the double digits in winter and same thing there, I shovel the driveway in snowboots, shorts and a t-shirt and this last winter, I didn't even get the big coat out, it never got cold enough for it. First winter here, dressing to go outside was an ordeal and I wore baselayers daily.

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TingsInMaSocks@reddit

I think part of UK heatwaves is the humidity.

30c in Spain when the air is dry? Beautiful

30c in the UK when it's been raining on and off with 90% humidity? Not fun at all

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Material-Net-5171@reddit

Our bodies physically acclimatise over years to the average weather where we are.

Can you tell my body that please, live in the UK all my life & my body thinks its too hot here.

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Patch86UK@reddit

It doesn't even take that long.

I used to work in an IT department with lots of Indian contractors over on 1-2 year visas. You could at a glance who was a recent arrival and who had been here a few months based on clothing; the newbies would be leaving work on a 15° day wearing puffer jackets and hats, whereas anyone approaching their 1 year mark world be dressed exactly like the locals.

Yup, as an ex taxi driver in Newcastle it always astonished me. Friday and Saturday evenings people would be going out with snow falling from the sky with more skin exposed than clothes.

Then at the end of the night you’d start picking up and somehow people were wearing even less clothes than they started with.

Even daytimes though. With temperatures around 10 degrees right now I can walk around the city centre and guarantee I’ll see more than one shirtless man within 10 minutes.

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Jhe90@reddit

Alcohol. And the womwn their are tough. They walk in heals, stilettos egc across stuff most people would want tip toe over in flats.

Lived in south sheilds for 4 years & im a soft londoner.

First day i arrived, sheet ice on the ground & snowing, i was in boots and could barely walk, thermals, big coat the works.

I’m Canadian and lived in northern England for a time. I was always feeling chilled because of the damp. My friends were disbelieving because of course I’m from snowy Canada so I must be inured to the cold, right? But as the saying goes, this was a thoroughly damp cold and felt very different to the thermometer-colder but drier climate to which I was accustomed.

I'm probably going to echo others people's answers here, but.. yea it generally boils down to what you're used to. It even breaks down further more to what part of Britain you are in, because the temps can vary.... alot! I was born in North Yorkshire and lived there for 30 years then moved further down the country. Been here for 10 years now and, while I'm only three hours away from my home town, honestly, the difference in the temperature is insane! When I go to my hometown to visit, I have to pack so many warm layers because, it feels like stepping into a refrigerator 🥶 Yet my family don't even seem to be phased by it at all.

I've got my heating on now. In Yorkshire. Judge away! (I'm still effing cold though)

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Competitive-Fact-820@reddit

Heating on downstairs but if my bedroom gets above 16C then the fan has to go on as I am way too hot. Husband will be freezing and I'm there throwing the 3.5 tog duvet off and reaching for the fan. Now this may be due to Menopause but bed is the only place I overheat.

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UntamedMegasloth@reddit

I gave up on a duvet a while ago, I've got a couple of thick throws instead, mainly for the weight because I can't use my weighted blanket any more. But yeah, I'm still hot in bed (and not in a spicy way)

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dreammeraf@reddit

It’s spring no matter the temperature 🤷‍♀️

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Fluffy-Eyeball@reddit

We get used to it, especially further north. That being said I do wonder if genetics have a part to play. I regularly see people about in thick coats and I’m in a t shirt and just fine, and although I’m English a portion of my DNA and ancestry is mid-northern European and Scandinavian/Nordic.

SCourtPlumbing@reddit

I’ve been to Aus and been in shorts and tshirt with Aussies wearing coats. It’s not that we don’t feel the cold but we all have a temperature range we are use to. Our average temperatures are significantly less than yours so what you consider cold is a warm day for us

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I am the lightest I have been since my early 20s (61 now). Ever since menopause I've just been too hot all the time.

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gouplesblog@reddit

Low key jealous 🤣

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South-Visual3803@reddit

I had thermals on Sunday morning BUT I have fibromyalgia and anorexia - clothes hurt so I forfeit them bc I can warm up if I move 😂😂

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gouplesblog@reddit

Really sorry to hear about that! That's a rough combo, hope you're ok ❤️

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South-Visual3803@reddit

Thankyou - it’s tough but I’m radically accepting it and now seeing it as my mission to overcome and become a super resilient human! I have PMDD too 😂 but weirdly getting ill again has made me so motivated? To recover, to write a book and an educational resource.

This chapter of discomfort is a big learning opportunity - or all the meditation and self help is actually working!

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Two tops, jumper or dressing gown, literally a blanket on YOUR SIDE many options

My parents had separate covers on there bed before I left permanently and now separate beds 😂

8 degrees. You mean consistently it’s above freezing?

🔥☀️🥵

I’ll be visiting northern England next spring and probably won’t even pack a jacket. 😁

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NMJKJOPAL@reddit

Bro. They don't. It's weird. But let me tell you, when the sun is out, they'd all be sweating and bothered, and we'd be in our element. Lol

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thesaint2000@reddit

I lived abroad in a tropical climate for ten years ,when i came back to the uk i froze my ass off,now iam used to it ....your blood thins in a hot climate .

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Geejay-18@reddit

I reckon some people dress according to the time of year, not the actual weather. So if it's 10 degrees in February they'll wear winter clothes, but if it's 10 degrees in the middle of May they'll be in T-shirts and shorts.

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Think_Preference_611@reddit

People just get used to it.

I was in Turkey recently and it was nearly 30 degrees and I saw plenty of people walking around wearing jackets.

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Important-Light627@reddit

It’s Yorkshire, I visited York in Easter one year from Norfolk and was surprised how many people were wearing shorts & T-shirts even though it was about 10 degrees Celsius.

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duke_of_germany_5@reddit

Should come to scotland. Theres always someone dressed up in shorts and a shirt

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I used to live in Northern Thailand, where, during the hot season, it averaged around 36⁰. For the first couple of weeks I was there, I struggled a bit but then I got used to it. Went to Laos for a holiday, where it was 41⁰, and found it verging on the unbearable. And I say this as someone who adores the heat. Even my camera wouldn't work in that heat and humidity!

I've also lived in Slovenia, where in the winter, the snow could be up to my knees, and still not feel overly cold because it's so dry there. And at -9⁰, it's the lowest temperature I've ever experienced!

I've been back here for a few years, and TBH, I'm still not used to the cold, damp winters. And it never ever gets hot enough, as far as I'm concerned! 😋

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Eddie-Plum@reddit

Yeah, there's acclimatisation and natural preference, and they vary from person to person. I naturally prefer the cold, so 30° is already unbearably hot to me, but I would get used to it eventually. -9° is cold, but certainly not the coldest it gets here in the UK. I live near to where the lowest temperature record was set a few years ago; I think it was something close to -20°. Cold yes, but not so cold as to keep me indoors.

Side note: tell me more about living in Slovenia. I visited Bled a few years ago on my way home from a holiday in Croatia and I found it to be an incredibly beautiful country filled with uncommonly friendly and helpful people. It's on my list of places to move to, just behind Italy.

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TheGoktor@reddit

-20°?? OMG... I'm pretty sure that would finish me off, ha ha! Are you up in the Highlands?

Slovenia really is a gorgeous country. I prefer Bohinj to Bled, though - much quieter!

I lived in a little village called Zgornji Kašelj, with views of the Julian Alps from my kitchen window... that view never got old! And moving there from Thailand, I got irrationally excited every time it snowed! Even better on clear days, when I got mountains + snow!

In my opinion, Slovenia is the best place to be in winter. It's so magical, especially in the centre of Ljubljana in December, and in Kranska Gora.

There's a viilage there, called Podkoren, where on Krampusnacht, they hold an annual Krampus fest, which is beyond epic! Teams of Krampuses (Krampii? !!) from Slovenia, Austria, and Italy gather for an evening of utterly deranged mayhem. And fire. Lots of fire!

If you drive through the Trenta Valley during November/December, there'll be gangs of roaming Krampuses (even during the daytime), good-naturedly stopping cars, looking for naughty children. It's so much fun!

In Mojstrana each year, they create an winter wonderland, with an ice palace, grottos, and a living nativity. It really is the stuff of fairytales! In the spring, it can be warm and sunny at ground level, and then you can drive up the mountains, and find snow!

Spring and summer in Slovenia are beautiful, and generally quite warm but not oppressively so. Quite a few fresh fruit sellers along the rural roads, too. Piran is lovely in the spring; it's like being back in Venice... without the rivers. Or the annoying tourists, ha ha!

I lived in Croatia too. Spent a little while in Zagreb but Rijeka was the best place to live, IMO. Small enough to be friendly and cosy but large enough to not be insular. Also, it used to be Venetian, and some folk in the markets speak Italian, which was a lot easier for me to understand (my father was Venetian).

I've only lived in Italy for a short while, not in Venice, though... far too expensive! I lived in Pozzuoli, not far from Napoli. TBH, I wouldn't want to live there now I am older and less tolerant of noise but at the time, it was a lot of fun. You can read about it here, if you like!

I really hope you get back to Slovenia - and it's pretty much a stone's throw from Trieste, so you could have the best of both worlds!

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Eddie-Plum@reddit

Thank you so much for the detailed reply. I wish I could give you more than an upvote! I'll come back for all the links in a bit.

I have visited the Highlands a few times, but I'm actually in South Warwickshire and I think that temperature record was Gloucestershire/Worcestershire/Herefordshire area.

It's funny that you mention Kranjska Gora. I dove through on my way out of Bled and realised that I had actually been before, many years ago, when it was still called Yugoslavia. I love the mountains, and that's the part of Italy I would choose, so yeah, near the border is probably sensible.

In Croatia, I stayed in Split because the main roads pretty much ran out there and it would take me much longer to travel further south. I think that has improved now, but I also wanted somewhere with beaches, so Split ticked the boxes and has a lovely walled old town. Of course, I also had to visit Plitvice park whilst I was there, so I did head towards Zagreb before heading back west.

Happy travels, and great profile pic by the way!

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poshjosh1999@reddit

I’ve been in -28° in Quebec, the pipes had all frozen in the hotel. Because there was no wind or anything I was genuinely colder in 8° back in the UK.

I also did -18° I think it was during a blizzard, that was tough, but still feels colder in the UK. But that’s a dangerous sort of cold when you don’t feel it as much as you can get frostbite and not even know it.

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Chemical-Lettuce2497@reddit

It's on the mild side but I'm on the northern coast so it's definitely closer to cold.. when that wind hits it can be mean af

Fucking sun still lures me into going out with just a top though..

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kifflington@reddit

We're right up in the very north-easternmost corner of Cumbria farming on the fells - at the moment if you're in a sheltered spot in the sun it's quite lovely but get on top of the hills in the wind and jesus. There's still a lot of winter in that air.

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TheGoktor@reddit

But you do have the advantage of living in a very beautiful part of the country!

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kifflington@reddit

I do - the view from the top of our hayfield is priceless, and at sunrise/set on a good day it's the sort people want for their last look on this earth. Nearly 20 years I've been looking at it and it's never got old.

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TheGoktor@reddit

Aahh, it sounds perfect. I live in North Essex, where it's very flat but when I was living in Slovenia and Thailand, I had spectacular mountain views. I do miss mountains.

I really love the landscape of North Yorkshire, too; I keep telling myself that one day I'll move up there - it feels like my spiritual home, especially in the Dales (some of my maternal ancestors were from there). But I do really love where I am at the moment, and I'm not in a hurry to leave behind friends and family again!

I don't have a lot of experience of Cumbria but we used to rent out The Mountain Hut in Cockley Beck for our interactive medieval literature weekends. Always loved it up there - so beautiful. :-)

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Careful-Training-761@reddit

At 8c in Ireland people are usually wearing jackets particularly if there's a wind out. Excluding some of the kids coz they don't dress for weather as much and feel it less.

In short, correct, we don't feel the cold.

Rhesus-Positive@reddit

This time of year is the choice between being chilly in the morning or sweltering / carrying your coat in the afternoon, so I tend to go for chilly

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Jesssca@reddit

Carrying your coat in the afternoon made me laugh for some reason

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GiveMeCheesecake@reddit

Nowt worse than carrying a coat in the afternoon.

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rdu3y6@reddit

Yeah 1°C this morning but it's forecast to be 16°C by lunchtime.

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miffyonabike@reddit

THIS is why my 11yo isn't wearing a coat this morning.

He's a bit cold on the short walk to school, but then he doesn't have to drag a big coat around the playground for hours after school when it's (hopefully) warmer.

paolog@reddit

For many Brits, whether or not to wear a coat correlates directly with whether or not the sun is out.

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Sushiv_@reddit

It’s summer so we have to wear summer clothes

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gettoefl@reddit

may in the uk is heat stroke by day and frost bite by night

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catdog_man@reddit

My brother in law lives in Perth and says he wears jeans and a hoody in winter, despite the temperature being 26°c. It's because the temperature is all relative to what you're used to. So if your summer temps are 40°, 26° will feel cooler in comparison. Same thing you're feeling, but lower down the scale.

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weightsnwine@reddit

I grew up in old cold houses as a child, my school was always cold and the walk to school was often cold.

I basically wear shorts and hoodie from about now until October. Scottish though, it's the way we are.

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raquille-@reddit

I went to Vietnam in their winter and it was roasting and they were wearing beanies and thick coats. I was wearing flip flops and T-shirt

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beidousbathwater@reddit

It’s boiling!

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Inner-Purple-1742@reddit

I’m 🇬🇧🇺🇦I’m always freezing & have my blanket on in the summer, but I’ve got dysautonomia and can’t regulate my body temperature properly. I see people wearing shorts in freezing weather & snow … I don’t get it.

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illarionds@reddit

I'm a soft southerner - but this is definitely shorts and tshirt weather for me (admittedly I hate long sleeves, so as soon as spring hits - that's it, tshirt until mid autumn).

And they're tougher up north! (or at least, that's what they tell us! ;)

That said, I grew up in Perth (WA I mean, not Scotland) - and back then I used to get cold in winter, even though those temperatures wouldn't feel cold to me now. You acclimatise over time. Damn sure I would struggle with a Perth summer now!

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Last_Negotiation4073@reddit

I think you get one really warm day then the temperature drops and people are like “well I’ve got my summer clothes out I’m gonna flippin wear them”.

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Toppdogg_who@reddit

You should see the Geordies out on the on a December Friday night!

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dnf1957@reddit

I struggle with the cold as I'm on blood thinners, the cold never bothered me when I was younger.

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Historical_Heron4801@reddit

Schools round my way (in Yorkshire) don't have anywhere to hang/store coats. They become another thing to carry around. My daughter carries a little pacamac in case it rains (she cycles home). But in general no. None of the kids wear or carry coats, come rain or hail.

The people sitting outside the cafes are probably smokers.

people underdress because they’re only outside for short walks between heated places

meanwhile Aussies are adapted to warmer weather, so your “cold threshold” is different. same way Brits melt when it hits like 30°C 😭

so yeah it’s part biology/acclimatization, part culture, part collective national delusion 👍

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MeableFussock@reddit

Reminds me of a general knowledge book I had as a kid. It explained this phenomenon with three people standing outside in England during Spring.

"Some guys are wearing shorts"

It doesn't matter what time of the year it is in the UK, there's always some absolute nutjobs cutting about in shorts. Always.

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ThePlatinumPaul@reddit

I love going to -5 ice bars in a t shirt and jeans. Cold is awesome.

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stringbody@reddit

You haven't seen em go out at night in York, middlesbourgh an Newcastle then. All the young girls in mid winter in short skimpy dresses an no coats. Hard as nails they are.

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Ecstatic-Manager-149@reddit

Come down south.

We're sissies and and still in winter coats.

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MaleficentAnalysis27@reddit

I'm Spanish living here. I also wonder this! if it's Spring and sun is out kids go in shorts and t-shirts no matter what the actual temperature is. I guess this makes them grow into not feeling the cold as much!? Not sure. My mum, when visiting the UK, always points out how so often kids with go in t-shirts and shorts while parents wearing a fleece, she always wonders whats the thought process behind dressing your kid like it's Summer when you're wearing clothes like it's Autumn. I can't not see it now!

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Yeah we do

When it’s cold

It’s May now

That’s month three of spring

And a matter of days from summer

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No_Direction_4566@reddit

We do that in Norfolk to. Lets run into the north sea wearing a tutu for shits and giggles and then spend the next 3 weeks freezing because you refuse to put the heating on!

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ShelecktraYT@reddit

I can hear it now - "You've got a jumper haven't you? Well, put another one on then!" 🤣

I'm quite frugal with my heating to be fair too, I have oodies and dressing gowns aplenty! 😁

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smellyfeet25@reddit

I feel the cold. I felt cold this week

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mralistair@reddit

Cold.. above about about minus 2 is really only a problem in your head. Physically it makes almost no difference (if you are fit and healthy)

When I was younger, we didn't use to take coats because the weather would change so much and we didn't want to have to carry it. Obviously we can weather the weather a little better than our Southern friends, unless it gets above 25° then we start complaining.

That being said, it was still a dumb macho thing, nobody wanted to look "gay" by wearing clothes suitable for the weather, see also even having the audacity to use an umbrella.

Didn't stop our mothers from constantly telling us to put a jumper or a coat on.

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Low_Slide_950@reddit

Of course we feel the cold. 8 degrees is not the cold.

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NoCommunication7@reddit

That's just a normal day here, you can be in a scarf and cloak and walk past someone whose shirtless

But as a country, we also lose the plot when it snows, and behave as though it's something that's never happened before!

I'd love it if it were 25⁰ all year-round. That's definitely a nice mild temperature to me! I have several health conditions, though, which are considerably eased by warm weather, and worsened in the cold.

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sossighead@reddit

I agree with that. My joints are fucked from years of various sports and the sun eases the pain 🤣

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British headline: "Brits feel the heat of scorching 27 degree temps".

Aussies: HAHAHA imagine being too hot in 27 degrees, bloody wimps

And so on... every single year

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Littlelindsey@reddit

Northerners don’t feel the cold. They cull them if they so much a shiver. Years of selective breeding since before the Romans invaded had made them impervious to the cold.

Southerners are a bit softer and feel the cold.

It was also fucking freezing last night

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Far_Leg6463@reddit

For what it’s worth I’ve lived in Northern Ireland all my life, which is arguably colder than much of England. I see guys in dead of winter in shorts and a hoodie. I’m cold just looking at them. To be fair I’ve always braved the cold in less than ideal clothing by but last couple years have been wrapping up like an Eskimo in winter.

Dissidant@reddit

Wait till you see our posties 😀

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mchammatime2025@reddit

My husband is from Yorkshire and when I am layered up in thermals he’s in a T-shirt

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Learning-EFWH8045@reddit

Come to Scotland and you'll see people in shorts and t-shirt in 0 degrees. It's just what we're used to. I can't stand the warm weather above 20/2+ degrees.

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Special_Artichoke@reddit

8 degrees is absolutely cold, definitely jacket temperature and I would sit inside a cafe. I think some people are just sick of it by May and start dressing for summer

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Sir-Beardless@reddit

We're just used to it.

Helpful_Pop8741@reddit

I live in the midlands, I am 37 years old, I am still not used to the weather. I'm sat in my home wearing 2 pairs of trousers and 2 jumpers.My hands feel like ice. My partner will come home in an hour, put on shorts and a t-shirt and complain it's hot. Different people feel it differently.

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I’m from Yorkshire, but I absolutely despise the cold. I just never acclimatise.

I am only happy if it’s like 20 degrees C and higher really. Much of my family is like it and we joke we were meant to be born in a tropical country, and to be fair some of it at least is probably explained by Reynards (poor blood circulation).

8 degrees is shorts weather

Yours

I can deal with deserts.

Yorkshire is "the north", Northerners regard anyone living south of Sheffield as a "soft southern bastard" who has to wrap up warm like some namby pamby in the merest whisper of a lovely balmy breeze. Australia is further south than even those "soft London bastards" so it is only to be expected that you will be unbelievably wimpy. Toughen up and stop whinging.

(Disclaimer: I am a soft southern bastard. Yorkshire folk, though often blunt, plain speaking folk are mostly too friendly and civilised to actually tell you about this when you travel to the frozen wastelands. P.S. Northumbria is worth a visit too)

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Mumlife8628@reddit

Suns out legs out

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Jhe90@reddit

Yiu get used to your climate over time. You f9nd it on holiday when over a longer duration like 2 weeks. By end your feeling moee comfortable with the climate than start.

Also you end up dressing / adapting to work eith the cold or hot you live in, doing errands at times its more comfortable etc.

You do not just go out at mid day, in heatwave to go shopping jnless uou have to and wait till a alittle later or go earlier.

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BadBoiBagelBurglar@reddit

Yes we are always cold.. and sad.

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Which-Host-9073@reddit

Sounds like a warm day to me 😂

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lucylucylane@reddit

Wait till you go to Newcastle

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PrimaryInjurious@reddit

It’s eight degrees this morning

I'm a Scotsman from the North, the real North 😂

Myself & my lady friend went on a holiday down to Southern England, she had family down there that very kindly lodged us

When we got to their door they quickly ushered us in & offered a hot cup of tea to get out of what they called the terrible cold

We were in shorts & t shirts & thought we were gonna pass out from heat exhaustion whilst creating a horrific miniature pond from our combined sweat

Mental. We live on the same island but just by location what one defines as cold the other finds is not even close, quite the opposite in fact 😁

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RetroAshMan@reddit

Lol. You put a Yorkshire man in Australia. Wouldnt last 5 minutes in the heat.

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I lived in Australia for a bit

When I came back to the UK it was the end of spring heading into summer

My mates were all in shorts and t shirts and I was wrapped up in 2 layers of jumpers shivering

By the next year I was back to putting shorts on if the sun cracked the clouds no matter the temperature

You acclimatise

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mort55@reddit

So, im originally from London and moved to Brisbane when i was 17. For years I wore shorts 90% of the year and barely ever used a jumper or coat. But eventually you acclimatize. Now, i wear jeans 90% of the year and am currently complaining that its 17 degrees outside.

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Individual_Ad_974@reddit

I remember walking through a wee village in Cyprus in October in shorts a t shirt and the elderly locals were walking about with furry boots and big jackets, they looked at me as if I was mad 😂

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TheGemgenie@reddit

It's normal for us. If it makes you feel better when it gets over 20C the shirts will be off, men with beer bellies will be bright white through lack of sun but in less than 2 hours will have all turned an impressive shade of burnt flesh and then when it gets above 30 we will all start moaning that we are dying while you will be perfectly fine 🤣

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Champagne_Bunnny@reddit

I've been to Australia and stayed there a while (max temp I think I experienced was 40c) and when it got to 20 degrees c in Sydney one time, I was really cold.

Contrasting that to England, when it gets to 20c I am in shorts. You get acclimatised.

LazyPiglet3923@reddit

We don't feel the cold in Yorkshire because we won't turn on the heating in winter.. 😅

We are brought up like that.

Seriously though, it's just what you are used to. I lived in the Austrian alps for a few winters and walked to work at 6am at -10⁰C in a t-shirt because I got acclimatised to it and if I had my work jumper on I'd be sweating by the time I got there, since it was uphill.

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Ninfazza@reddit

I also think it’s a little bit to do with, when an English person knows it will warm up as the day progresses, they effectively become immune to the cold weather in the earlier part of the day. Mind over matter I suppose.

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fray_bentos11@reddit

I am from Yorkshire. We visited Adelaide in "winter" my Scottish wife and I set off to walk to the nearby shops (wearing long sleeved tops) and were offered jackets by our host because it was "cold". It was 10C... how we chuckled.

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Practical-Ear725@reddit

Fun fact, some genes turn on and off all the time, being 'used to the cold (or hot)' is in part your genetics adapting to environmental changes in real time. That's why you feel colder in summer in response to a sudden cold temperature than to the same temperature in winter.

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Consistent-Detail518@reddit

When I was in Vietnam I was walking through a town in shorts & t-shirt, constantly stopping for a breather in the shade because the heat was unbearable to me. Then I saw some construction workers in long sleeves slogging around timber in the sun like it was no big deal. I genuinely think I would've been physically incapable of doing their job as I'd have passed out from heatstroke.

That same night I was with a local who was complaining that it was a bit cold & they wished they'd brought their jacket. It was probably still low-mid 20's.

Basically I think you just get used to the temperatures of wherever you grew up.

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jpd14383@reddit

I mean, there’s a long answer, but in short:

We’re solid 💪

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BroderUlf@reddit

8 degrees in spring is far warmer than 8 degrees in autumn.

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fresh_dyl@reddit

Good to know UK people are the same as us Wisconsinites.

The high is 11 here today, might go skip some rocks at the beach

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jonnoscouser@reddit

People in Yorkshire never feel the cold.

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IlIIIllIIlIlllII@reddit

too hard

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dantemortemalizar@reddit

This is pretty typical in Canada as well. As soon as the snow melts people put on shorts. With their parkas, sometimes. It’s May, and we old folks have graduated to the lighter parkas, but the young people skip them.

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virusdancer@reddit

People acclimatise to the weather at some point generally speaking. I remember a trip to central Florida in November and I'm there for the beach...definitely stood out as not being a local. Going there in peak Summer was another matter involving thoroughly using the aircon from room to car to building to car to room. Mad dashes in the heat from one air conditioned locale to the next...definitely standing out again as not being a local.

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OrangeCushion256@reddit

There's 2 things at play here:

We're used to our own climate.
It's a Yorkshire thing to be hardened to the cold. You can play "spot the softy Southerner" in more northerly towns and cities by looking at who's wearing a coat. I say that in a very tongue-in-cheek way as a softy Southerner who used to live in Sheffield.

Welcome to the UK 🇬🇧🌧️☀️❄️

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Lance_Operazole@reddit

Double digits is shorts weather

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Fancy-Professor-7113@reddit

You're just nesh as my gran would say 😉

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somnamna2516@reddit

Get used to your climate quite quickly. when I go back to the in laws in Thailand I feel like I’m melting for a couple of weeks until I get used to the tropics and before long you’re like the average thai native talking of ‘cold snaps’ and putting jumpers on when its still 20C. likewise on return to UK feels like I am stepping back into a freezer for a bit.

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OrganizationOk5418@reddit

This video should provide a good example:

New_Slice_1580@reddit

You are in Yorkshire, so the North

My father-in-law, in Mauritius was asking us to send him a cardigan for the winter. We checked the weather and it was around 20 degrees C! Summer temperatures for the UK.

It’s all about context.

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Even ignoring that the UK is colder than Australia in general, the fact that we're coming out of winter and you're coming out of summer makes a big difference. Our bodies are currently acclimatized to the cold and are slowly being warmed/getting used to it being warmer again. 8 degrees in spring is very different to 8 degrees in autumn.

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xdumbfatslut@reddit

Me personally it's cuz it was warmer recently so I'm not taking the risk of wearing a jacket and then feeling sweaty and having to carry the bulky thing around all day

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wiccedd@reddit

Year 2017, I am working a shift in a takeaway store, while north-east England is experiencing blizzard. I’m Eastern European, it wasn’t anything special, but deffo not a weather for T-shirt and flip flops. Cue a mackem walking against the wind, nothing but T-shirt, shorts and flip flops.

I wouldn’t say they don’t feel the cold. It’s more of a refusal to accept it.

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neonknees@reddit

You should come to NZ. People wear shorts in freezing cold.

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Particular-Pace-2990@reddit

Mate this is our summer, enjoy it,we've got about 3 weeks left 🤣

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VegetableWorry1492@reddit

I think Brits are somehow exceptionally acclimatised to the cold. I’m originally from Finland, but living in the UK is a much colder experience. I’m currently wearing a wool jumper on top of a thermal underlayer and a blanket on my lap and my husband is sat next to me in a t-shirt 😬

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doepfersdungeon@reddit

I'm shorts/utility kilt and Kikoy for 10 months of the year

British can walk naked in temperatures between 5 and 24 C, everything outside that range leads to chaos

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Big_Comfortable4256@reddit

You should go to Newcastle in the Winter. People still out dressed for Summertime everywhere.

Tough as old boots!

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bigchrisser@reddit

The body adjusts, brown fat/thermoregulation

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MissingBothCufflinks@reddit

Sunny day 8c is gorgeous

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Expert_Grapefruit_18@reddit

No that’s the northern folk haha they would have snow on the ground and still walk around in shorts and tee 🤣 esp Newcastle folk

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RummazKnowsBest@reddit

Wait until you get to the real north, Newcastle is famous for people not wearing coats, especially on a night out.

The other thing to bear in mind is the weather can just change on a dime here and every Brit has on many occasions been caught out with the wrong clothes on.

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terryturbojr@reddit

Don't Australian kids refuse to wear anything bar a shirt to school whatever the weather?

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callisstaa@reddit

I lived in Almaty a while ago and you would still see people going around in T-shirts in -20^o C. In all honesty it didn’t feel anywhere near as uncomfortable as on a wet windy winters night in Newcastle.

We're just harder than most. You should see Newcastle town centre on a Friday neet. Middle of winter and most sexes are half naked.

Women are nicknamed 'polar babes'.

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Having lived in Australia, my favourite time of year was the warm late autumn days. I can handle the temperature and I think because of the uk extremes most British people can acclimatise quite easily. Cold here is when there’s ice out, anything else is just fine.

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chieb_sol@reddit

Northerners are tougher than us in the south. And they have a better sense of humour!

You only have to see the difference in clothing worn during the dead of winter on a Friday/Saturday night out.

Enjoy Yorkshire. Friendly people. More so than in London.

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ADL-AU@reddit

I’m a dual British and Australian citizen. I have lived in the UK and now in Australia. You just get used to it. I had people visiting a few months ago who thought I had lost the plot when I walked out in a hoodie.

I can’t get used to how cold indoors it is in Australia. The houses aren’t made the same here!

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ChinnyHill@reddit

English men regularly wear shorts in the winter, that's all i'm sayin.

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Pzykez@reddit

Middle of day in June, 22c not a cloud in the sky, Sister and I sunbathing in back garden when we hear "Hello", look up to see an old couple, literally dressed to go up Everest, Lol, it's my Aunt and Uncle who live in Rockhampton, QLD, they'd come over to Manchester to see my Dad. We couldn't believe how many layers they were wearing, they couldn't believe we wear in swim wear!

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thecheesycheeselover@reddit

I’m a Brit, I feel the same 😭. Was out the other day in a woolly hat and a puffy coat (Yorkshire also), walked past a girl in nothing but a crop top and short shorts. Amazing stuff.

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Miserable_Future6694@reddit

But its nice when the wind breaks for 4 seconds and you feel the sun on your face.

No breeze needed if it’s less than 21c. Just my preference, also if you are at the coast and there’s a wind, even low 20s can feel uncomfortably cool. Everyone is different I guess.

I've got a male flatmate who doesn't need the heating on EVER! it's colder up here. So he wishes we didn't put the heating on... Cos he thinks it's not that cold.

When I used to have a partner up north... I would freeze in the house and the Dad would get me to stand up and make me jump about and rub my arms up and down really hard instead of putting the heating on.

I think in Australia, you guys need the AC on more? So your bills are about that, and over here a lot of households need to cut bills by not having heating so that makes them more used to the cold.

As others said, kids don't wear jackets because they were bought months ago when it was in fashion so now it's not in fashion anymore, jumpers included... So it's a long tradition that they will rather freeze and look cool.

I'm of the mind that anything under 17°C is too cold to sit outside.

To reverse this, I visited Sydney and Adelaide a few years back around New Year's and it was 40 degrees. I was almost permanently dehydrated. I really liked my time over there, but damn it's HOT.

But Aussies are just sauntering around like it's normal. Because to you it is.

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WelshBathBoy@reddit

"Suns out, guns out"

"But it -2 outside"

Canberra winters are COLD

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mrteas_nz@reddit

Shit, I totally forgot about Canberra. I even went there for a friend's wedding!

Is it too late to add the rest of the Snowy Mountains as well? 😅

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Drandypandy77@reddit

I lived in aus for a year and would wear shorts pretty much all year round

The Aussies thought I was mad, but your winter cold days are like our decent summer days

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Middle-agedCynic@reddit

I always think this when watching Thai dramas where people wear suits, jumpers etc. When I was there for a few months I found the heat unbearable. Mind you I think they work and shop in fiercely cold air-conditioning. I did have to wear a cardigan in the cinema in Bangkok.

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Remarkable-Ad155@reddit

We do - others will have made the general point that we're acclimatised to lower temperatures but there is a psychological thing at this time of year. We've had a few warmer days and a bit of sun, it's May, people have been out in their gardens and we've just generally slipped in to warmer weather mode, even if it is actually still quite cold.

My wife fully turned our thermostat off over the weekend. It was 3 degrees this morning yet I just carried on as normal having a shower etc whereas if I got up at 7 am with 3 degrees outside in winter in the dark and the heating wasn't on I'd almost certainly have gone and put the heating on and probably had a cup of coffee first.

Weird how your subconscious can trick your body like that.

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BuckRusty@reddit

Acclimatisation, basically…

I’m a former Northerner - born in the Northwest, live in the Southeast - and I’ve lost much of my native hardiness…

Decades ago I went to Alton Towers on an October day wearing just a t-shirt and jeans - bombing around on rides and not feeling cold…

These days, I go and visit family and pack/dress as if I’m off up Everest…

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ryanoh826@reddit

Welp…stumbled here on popular. I’m from Chicago but have been in Spain for 12 years. Anything under like 15° is freezing to me. 😂

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rapidbunny4404@reddit

With the kiddos it's also prepping for a warm day. Why send them in more clothes than necessary to make dirty or lose when you know it's going to be pushing 20° and they'll be inside most of the day and outside during the warmest part

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No we don’t lmao

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Handofdoom222@reddit

I drove from the south of France up to Liverpool and when i got out of the car i felt a cold and wind i have never experienced in my life before so frigging cold and Im Canadian i grew up in cold weather and am used to the cold usually

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Worldly_Wafer_6635@reddit

We had a couple of hot days, so we put the coats away.

YOU DO NOT GET THEM BACK OUT UNTIL WINTER.

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fmeupdad@reddit

I’d say 8 degrees is coat weather for me
12-16 degrees is hoodie weather
16+ tshirt weather

It's just an acclimatisation issues, but it does feel unseasonably cold this spring to be fair. Last spring was basically summer-lite for 3 straight months. I'm still observing the April - October protocol for central heating though, I've been layering up in the house. I'll be praying for these cool temperatures in 2 - 3 month's time.

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evenifihateit@reddit

When my dad went to Australia the first time it was your winter and he said people found it hilarious that he was constantly complaining about the heat and going about in shorts and a t shirt.

Just as you are used to lovely hot weather we are used to colder weather. It's not cold for us here right now. The heating is off, the big coats have been out away until next winter, it's almost tops off weather!

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Lympwing2@reddit

big bowl of porridge for brekkie keeps you toasty

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Cazspresso@reddit

There’s some of us born and bred British, never left the country and we’re always cold. Our winters last from late August to late May. I’m currently freezing my tits off in my own home.
Take me to Australia with you.

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PomPomBumblebee@reddit

We love to moan about the weather but the more north you live the more used to the cold you get in many respects, doesn't stop us from complaining about it though!

Being the perfect temperature all the time is boring. If you never let yourself feel the cold then you won't appreciate the warmth as much. I don't mind feeling the cold sometimes because it gives me something to look forward to.

A lot of school kids will decline to wear coats if they're secondary school aged, as schools won't allow them to wear coats indoors (and some will even make them take them off before they enter the building) When I was at school, I'd walk there in just a shirt and blazer when it was snowing rather than carry my coat around with me all day.

Bought a portable air con unit since. Lifesaver.

Will be getting a proper split-system air con installed ASAP

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jake_folleydavey@reddit

In all fairness, I wear shorts in January… but I did used to be a postman so…

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Amazing-Visual-2919@reddit

"Duh. Mummmm. You're SO Embarrassing.

I don't need my coat. It's not even snowing yet !!"

Mornings are the coldest so you generally dress to be a little cold then so you're not encumbered by extra layers later.

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RocasThePenguin@reddit

HA. I live in Japan now, and it's currently around 20 degrees, and I wear shorts and a t-shirt while those around me are dressed for winter.

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Extension_Common_518@reddit

Yep, me too. (Kansai). My coworkers always look on in bewilderment when I keep my short sleeve shirt style until the beginning of December, and then return to it in March.

mortoon1985@reddit

Honestly i know I'm biased but I love newcastle and the surrounding areas of Northumberland

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_Blueshift@reddit

My partner didn't believe booze coats were a thing until she saw that. Hundreds of people dressed in thin shirts and party dresses, breath fogging in the night, kept warm by JD and kebab grease

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LordBelacqua3241@reddit

Yorkshire? Those northern monkeys have never felt the cold. Asbestos skin and winters of walking to school in the snow uphill both ways.

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Agitated-Honeydew-41@reddit

I’m always cold and even on warm days will wear my fleece etc.

I’m over in North Wales, yesterday was a nice warm day so you’ll find people just behave according to recent weather and the fact that it’s ’supposed’ to be warm in May, rather than what’s actually going on.

Also we barely have aircon so one ballache is even if its mild outside the indoor temperatures in shops/cafes/offices can be swelteringly hot

Like 12 degrees outside yet my office is 23 degrees eugh

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IainMCool@reddit

I was at Euro Disney a few years back during February.

I walked up to one of the staff to ask a question. Before I'd said anything she asked "Are you English?". I said "Yes, how did you know?". She replied "It's snowing and you're wearing a t-shirt".

You'll see the same here in Scandinavia. People get used to their climate.

I am always reminded of the time I went to Mallorca in late April one year and it was low 20s each day. I saw people in big puffer jackets and scarves. Presumably they were locals. You could spot tourists like me easily because we were wearing things like t-shirts and shorts.

We Brits don't get enough sun, so as soon as we see even a little, we are wearing summer clothes.

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MDL1983@reddit

It takes a while to acclimate to the weather. When I first went to Australia, it was boiling, and the pool was lovely and warm, and I wondered why the aussies didn't go in the pool all the time like i did.

Then after time, suddenly the pool was freezing cold and the 8-9 degrees in the morning had me shivering like i'd been dunked in snow, even with a jumper on.

Then I came back to the UK and had a similar experience to yourself for a while lol.

However, I do believe we are made differently in the north.

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Lau_kaa@reddit

Eight degrees is not cold. We've got the windows open.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12263699/

When you adapt to an environment you're literally changing on a cellular level. You're just not adapted yet.

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MojeJmenoJe@reddit

Interesting articles, thanks.

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MesoamericanMorrigan@reddit

I was born here and have been here 33 years

The morning chill eases off and then it's perfectly clement. My nephew is already complaining about the heat in the afternoon 🤷‍♀️

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InquisitorVawn@reddit

As an Aussie who moved to Wales, I can confirm it's acclimatisation as many others in the discussion have said.

My husband (born and bred in the UK) is dying, gasping, sweating buckets and absolutely useless the second the temperature hits 21+. But for me that's a perfectly comfortable temperature where I'm happy and functional.

JavaRuby2000@reddit

It's just what you were used to. I went to primary school in Lancashire and the uniform was shorts with no excuses even if it was snowing and we were forced to go out into the playground unless it was raining.

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Starlinkukbeta@reddit

Down south maybe, up north, unlikely. Newcastle - never.

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EasternCut8716@reddit

British cold weather is not deadly, just uncomfortable.

I think it’s just what your used to.

So the opposite…. I can go abroad… be absolutely boiling in shorts and t shirt, and there’s locals walking around in jeans, and jackets zipped up!

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togtogtog@reddit

I've been to Barcelona, and seen everyone dressed in coats, hats and scarfs when I was wearing a t-shirt.

I've been to Scotland and seen everyone dressed in t-shirts when I was wearing a coat, hat and scarf.

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neammm@reddit

I ask myself this every day. If I live in the UK and I’ll be wearing three long sleeved layers while people are out in a t-shift. There must just be such a difference in natural body temperate

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fatboyfat1981@reddit

Different side of the same coin- you probably are quite comfortable when its 30 degrees C outside & any Brit would be melting.

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TheGoktor@reddit

30⁰ is my happy place. 🌞 8⁰ is very definitely cold! 🥶

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badreligionlover@reddit

Its likely the acclimitisation but you are in Yorkshire. Its a fairly hardy place.

There are jokes about it such as '...its 3 degrees today. Northerners - it may be a bit chilly for shorts. Southerners - wear your big coat!'

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Fit_Musician9468@reddit

Weather must have changed. Years ago in Yorkshire everyone wore sheepskin coats, and further south we needed raincoats.

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srnic1987@reddit

I'm always cold, I accept it and moan about it.

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Piers_T@reddit

To address your kids going to school element of your post - kids have a built in heating system which differs to adults. It's from increased markers of brown adipose which helps them to produce heat better. So it burns energy creating extra warmth for them. It's basically a layer of brown fat cells and these decrease as we age hence me freezing anywhere I go now when it's sub 10 degrees.

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Ok-Explanation1990@reddit

From my experience, half of us do, and half don't.

It's what you're (and pasr generations) are conditioned to. I live up north,in my 60s and still go out with just a shirt and skirt when it'd what the southerns

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Easy-Plant-8783@reddit

Then you call us whinging poms, when we complain about the heat in Australia? We grew up in this weather, we are used to it.

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jizzyjugsjohnson@reddit

Ya need to toughen up Cobber

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FloydEGag@reddit

We’re just used to it. Where I grew up in N Wales anything over about 22 degrees C is beach weather haha. My other half is from the north of NZ (so it’s generally warmer than here) and still feels the cold much more than I do after two decades in the UK. On the other hand, when we visit his relatives in Queensland I usually feel like I’m dying from the heat for a few days until I get slightly used to it.

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onlyhalfpolish@reddit

A university lecturer of mine once said that "climate is a social construct." Not sure what he meant by that, but he had a PhD so I'm inclined to believe him.

On a similar note, I went to secondary school with this guy from Central America and he used to wear his winter coat throughout summer because he "comes from the desert." Good guy, used to chase people with a metal compass, hope he's doing well.

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Mccobsta@reddit

It was 6° outside when I woke up still didn't put the heating on as all it would get it that sleepy warm and I've got places to be

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Hot-Interaction4017@reddit

They’re built different up north

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If it makes any difference, I was in Melbourne and Sydney last July and August and I was finding the temperature warm and pleasant, meanwhile everyone was dressed like it was winter in the UK.

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ab00@reddit

Still got the heating on and my winter quilt.

This April and May have been shit, a couple of nice days here and there but overall really disappointing.

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Intelligent-Reply-97@reddit

This reply is what those posts about how British people find any way to respond without answering the question are talking about 😂

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ab00@reddit

Its quite clear that I do feel the cold from what I wrote unless you're a bit simple. Others have replied saying they don't.

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FatherPaulStone@reddit

The flip side is, I hate anything about 26C. Over 30C and I really just want to melt in a corner somewhere.

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snarkmaiden5@reddit

It 13c and sunny and im feeling too hot in my jeans. Its what you get used to really. We're used to slightly chillier weather so when it gets up to 18c it feels pretty toasty.

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SmokingTheBowl@reddit

I'm a Brit and I do. But I also have a lot of hills to walk up n down, so too much clothing and a coat when there's no doubt gonna be fluctuations in the weather all day, means I'll just cope with the chilly bits and avoid boiling in my coat as soon as the sun comes out for a bit.

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luminara33@reddit

Something about the UK cold does not feel cold like how other places do. Not sure what it is. Less wind or different humidity, or maybe the clouds hold in warmer atmosphere. But I've traveled all over the US, and December in UK was very pleasant.

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SpaceTimeCapsule89@reddit

If it's 8 degrees or above and minimal wind, the shorts come out for many people. The wind dictates how cold it is a lot here at this time of year. No wind and it feels a lot warmer.

Yes we do. Some of us do anyway. I get annoyed when it’s 14 degrees and people are out in their shorts and T-shirts, to me that is winter weather!

I am cold all the time … it’s currently 10 degrees where I am but feels like 4 according to my app, and I have layers and a big winter coat. I think some brits have the attitude of packing away their winter wardrobe once we are in April and May… but myself my winter wardrobe is out all year!!

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salohnee@reddit

we like to gaslight ourselves into thinking it’s warm because technically summer is here.

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SystemLordMoot@reddit

We're just used to a colder climate than you.

As long as you are moving, the rain doesn't touch you in the car. Get a bit damp at traffic lights tho.

8c is fine for roof down. You just blast the heaters at full tilt and its plenty warm enough

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therezin@reddit

Yeah but you get so few days to drive a convertible properly that you'll take any opportunity you can. Set the heater to blast at your feet and you stay pretty warm.

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And also looks.. Frozen blue, 🥶 but the tiny fancy jacket must stay unzipped, because it looks better... Oh, maybe the massive acrylic scarf will keep me warm.

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queenyorkshirecow@reddit

I'm fat, when I'm out and about I tend to get hot and sweaty in cold weather especially if I've got my big coat on

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Scared-Room-9962@reddit

Mate it's 8 degrees.

I dropped the kids at school in my speedos and flip flops. Absolutely roasting.

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TollLand@reddit

Yep and we feel the same when in hot climates and we can't cope e.g. not able to find the energy for sports when over heated but citizens are fine. All perfectly logical

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Lyon-hart@reddit

8 degrees is shorts weather. The cold and damp is in our bones DNA...

Hahaha, I’m a Brit in Australia where it’s been down to about 6 degrees in the mornings recently.

I’m there wrapped up in my coat and beany at school pick up and I’m looking around at all these Aussies wearing short, t-shirt and flip flops.

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Gullible_fool_99@reddit

I rarely wear a jacket unless it is particularly cold or windy and never wear a jumper as it never seems cold enough. I guess it is what I was used to growing up.

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Matchaparrot@reddit

I've sat outside a cafe before in -2C so, yes 😆

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Sidestep_Marzipan@reddit

I lived in Southern China for a bit and whilst I was happily gallivanting about in shorts and T-shirts, the locals were all in jumpers and coats as it was the start of their winter. They all thought I was odd and I couldn’t understand how they were sweating to death. You acclimatise to the average weather over time.

Having said that, I recall going out in Durham in January once with a group of international students and we were all wearing multiple layers. All the locals were wearing next to nothing, lads included, acting like it was summer. The group I was with were most baffled that they hadn’t frozen to death. I think Northerners have a higher tolerance to the cold compared to us Southern folk!

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DukeSunday@reddit

It’s eight degrees this morning

If I sent my kids to school dressed so lightly in cold weather I think I’d get reported to social services.

When large parts of winter are in the negatives, 8 degrees is what we'd call mild.

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SolidusTengu@reddit

From Northern Ireland actually.

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Rude_Sheepherder_714@reddit

Should be made of sterner stuff then!!

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_x_oOo_x_@reddit

When I moved here I thought the same. Now I can tolerate the cold almost as much as Brits do, but also didn't lose my tolerance for hot weather. Still surprises me when there's a heatwave and for me it's bliss but they are suffering haha 😈️

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Chatty_Betty@reddit

As a Londoner who went to uni in Yorkshire, I was also flummoxed by the lack of what I considered weather-appropriate outerwear. Especially on women going clubbing in the middle of winter.

Positive_Barnacle298@reddit

North east, hilly wolds area and pretty windy.
I’m currently in a short dress gardening, it’s cloudy and I keep getting goosebumps but I’ll be reet.

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x7q9zz88plx1snrf@reddit

When British people see a tiny bit of sunshine they are already in summer mood.

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thisnametookmeages@reddit

Schools heating systems are still full blast at this point. It’s way too hot for heating IMO

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Genki-sama2@reddit

It's actually freezing. Artic wind swept in this week

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Quick_Creme_6515@reddit

Do you feel the air? Do you feel your heartbeat? Can you smell your nose?

When it's always there, you just become accustomed to it.

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Postman in shorts? It's either spring, summer, autumn or winter. Never let me down.

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Harald_TheEnduring@reddit

1/4 chance of you getting the right season too, pretty ok odds I reckon.

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Allyredhen79@reddit

Go to Newcastle in December OP. No coats, no tights. Northerners are just built different! 😂

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Beartato4772@reddit

If I go to Australia there will be people in coats when it's 25 out.

Do you not feel the heat?

BugBottleBlue@reddit

Below freezing and above your own body temp are the two temp ranges to worry about. Anything between is just your nerves and that is highly adaptive.

DamnitGravity@reddit

You sound like my sister, lol.

She came to visit me in London from Brisbane last UK summer. We also spent some time in Cornwall. She slept dressed in 4 layers AND a duvet AND a blanket and still bitched about being cold.

Still, not as as bad as when she came to visit in December 2018. Back then she bitched about the cold AND the coffee. Seems London/UK coffee has improved. Or else her expectations were appropriately lowered.

A far cry from when we first moved to Melbourne, in the 90s, and went to the Snowy Mountains in thin shirts and trousers during the winter, since we'd just come from Canada.

It's all about what you're used to. It get fucking COLD up the north of England. They've adapted.

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schmerg-uk@reddit

The joke the english tell about the australians coming over, and the aussies tell about the pommies, is

What's the difference between [the other] and a Jumbo 747?

The jumbo stops whining when it lands at Heathrow / Tullamarine

And yeah, I cop it both ways...

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CONKERMANIAC@reddit

Whatchoutalkinabeeeet

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Ill-Gas-4788@reddit

Come on mate, it's May.

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Ingethel2@reddit

Do Australians not feel the heat?

as a brit how do aussies cope with the heat....

same principle, we're used to cooler weather its rarely hot here, as much as you are used to hotter weather and not to cooler

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Acrylic_Starshine@reddit

Im a shorts guy March-October, doesnt matter about the weather.

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Ashamed_Housing7489@reddit

I used to feel the cold when I was a kid in 70 s. The weather is very mild now in comparison I’m rarely cold

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Vegetable_Trifle_848@reddit

You should visit Newcastle

My sister in law is Australian, we live in Yorkshire, she comes over every year and always complains how cold it is despite living here for several years 20 years ago.

Believe me, if I lived in Australia I'd be moaning about the heat. It's just what you're used to.

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PJTheMan1986@reddit

The temperature definitely has dropped below what is average for this time of year. What is making people wear shorts is last week we all had to get our summer clothes out as it was nearly 20 degrees most days. So now we are being stubborn and just keeping out summer clothes on.

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stuartknapman@reddit

It’s definitely a Northern thing. People down here were wearing coats and scarves

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Veinmire@reddit

I'm in the south west but have always been fine with the cold. Even still just been out and most people, including me, were pretty layered up so could just be the wind where you are or people misjudging. Or just that they know it'll get warmer later anyway and will be inside most of the time.

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Fanjo_mcclanjo@reddit

Wait til you visit Newcastle on a Saturday night in December!

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FornyHucker22@reddit

8 degrees and suns out for me, it’s lovely. 20 degrees I’d be sweating while working and any more I’d be complaining

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ThinkIshatmyself@reddit

Not quite Yorkshire here but I wear shorts 365 days a year.

Just how we do things!

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BenathonWrigley@reddit

Simple explanation is, Brits generally are more resilient to colder weather, Aussies more resilient to warmer weather.

I’ve been in Aus sweating my arse off wearing shorts and t shirt, while talking to someone wearing jeans who looks nice and comfortable.

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