How cold is cold!

[Sleepy]

Can't even begin to imagine what that sort of cold is like

The hairs in your nose freeze when you breathe in.

 

[Azagoth]

0K is pretty cool, just make sure to wear a fur lined jacket!

 

[macca672]

MAke sure you have a coat which is windproof. As at -20 in a blizzard becomes like -40

-20 is fine tho, I went out most mornings in Norway ( on a little winter trip!) to have a wizz in the snow in only a t-shirt and boxers.

No indoor toilet if anyone asks...
:0

i just got images of a frozen waterfall and having to snap it off

 

[Curio]

Once you get below the -20 mark you do need to take precautions. Obviously layers are vital. In my experience the most important thing is a thermal face guard that come up over your nose and mouth. At those temps any snot or saliva will turn to ice pretty quickly, and that's not fun. As long as you're sensible you should have no problems

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Look up one of our members Mickey_D.
He's made a couple of threads on where he lives and the temperature.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17676984

 

[Slinky1989]

Since absolute zero is -273 and anything above that is technically called heat, I'd say it's pretty warm actually since that's 253 degrees kelvin

 

[Spleenus]

Since absolute zero is -273 and anything above that is technically called heat, I'd say it's pretty warm actually since that's 253 degrees kelvin

Just don't crawl into the low temp labs experiments at Lancaster Uni, it can sometimes be only a few milli-kelvin above absolute zero, now that's cold!

 

[SeriousPigeon]

I lived just short of the artic circle in Sweden for a year. Winter termperatures averaged between -20C to -30C.

Buy some thermals (leggings and vest). Get a proper windproof coat and the rest is just layers and a fleece jacket. Windproof trousers help as on overlayer to your normal trousers.
Decent gloves, hat and socks help as well.

 

[Messiah Khan]

The hairs in your nose freeze when you breathe in.

Ive got some great photos of my dad with massive icicles hanging rom his beard. He used to have great big red beard, and when we went out skiing, the moisture in his breath would quickly freeze and from ice. Over a couple of hours, that ice turns into some impressive icicles.

 

[semi-pro waster]

As long as it isn't windy -20C doesn't feel that cold, windchill is the part that I find really makes the difference but obviously at -20C you do have to be careful to wrap up well enough anyway just in case.

 

[Metalface Mark]

It was minus 20 at christmas in Scotland in the mid nineties, it was a brutal cold, really really horrible.

 

[Mr.Clark]

It's ok, i had to put a t-shirt on though. (went to Moscow iirc)

You're from Newcastle, aren't you?

 

[Lopéz]

In Estonia it was -16 at night. It was very cold, gloves, scarf and a good outdoor jacket certainly recommended.

However the cold was very "different" to the UK, very crisp and dry not damp, windy and spiteful like the cold weather we get over here.

 

[Jokester]

It was minus 20 at christmas in Scotland in the mid nineties, it was a brutal cold, really really horrible.

I remember that, was going to a mates house one morning on a bike after having a shower and my hair froze

Jokester

 

[Amp34]

I remember that, was going to a mates house one morning on a bike after having a shower and my hair froze

Jokester

Is that a new type of gel you have in your hair this morning?

 

[Jokester]

Is that a new type of gel you have in your hair this morning?

That's exactly what it felt like, hard setting gel.

Jokester

 

[eddiemcgarrigle]

I used to work with a lad from Saskatchewan and he always complained of the cold, wet Scottish winters even though our temps where generally 15c above the norm for Saskatchewan.