https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:50:57 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/3#post-1274497 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 14:43:42 +0000 Jenny H 1274497@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Definitely relative. Now that I live in a hot and humid climate, I feel anything above 90 degrees F is hot. But early in the season, I feel hot at lower temps. Temps in the high 90s are common here.</p> <p>My opinion was different when I lived in a cooler climate.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/3#post-1274491 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 14:40:22 +0000 cloud9 1274491@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My definition of hot is:<br /> - While outside I feel I'm being cooked (CA desert, 100+, even if low humidity)<br /> - while indoors, cannot stop sweating/sticky feel even after shower, in a/c room. (Manila in summer) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/3#post-1274443 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 13:41:15 +0000 AnnieMouse 1274443@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm deeply, thin-blooded Southern.&nbsp;<br />"Hot" to me&nbsp;is 95F/35C+, with humidity above 80%. I wear sweaters and jeans year round, and need a jacket for warmth below about 80F/27C.<br />Today is comfortable: a high of 87F/31F, humidity dropping to 53% this afternoon; it's currently 76F/ 24C&nbsp;with 82% humidity. It's lovely, but I'm wearing a jacket --&nbsp;as my husband jokes, I am solar powered and breathe liquid. *laugh*</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/3#post-1274128 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 01:54:21 +0000 pil 1274128@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For me 85+ is uncomfortable. 85+ smothering humidity is nearly unbearable. Of course the hair reaction to humidity is a factor too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/3#post-1274124 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 01:52:32 +0000 Laurinda 1274124@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie's question lead to me look up&nbsp;the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.space.com/16907-what-is-the-temperature-of-mars.html">average temperature on Mars</a>.<br />It can get up to 70F (20C) on the equator, but the poles can get down to -195F /-125C. Average is -80F/-60C. Colder than Minnesota even! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/3#post-1274025 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 23:44:59 +0000 JAileen 1274025@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm going to the San Francisco Bay Area for a few days and it's really hard to figure out outfits that work for huge temperature differences. Sacramento is supposed to be 104F tomorrow, with Marin County topping out at 80F. But then on Wednesday, SF should only get up to about 68F. That sounds like fog. And as much as I love fog, I have frozen in it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/3#post-1273987 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 23:09:20 +0000 deb 1273987@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It is currently 102F here and is supposed to top off at 106F.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/3#post-1273980 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 23:03:02 +0000 mrseccentric 1273980@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>it's 101F here right now. Which is hot.</p> <p>But my husband is working down the 680 corridor in Pleasanton, where it's just now cooled down to 106F from 107F.</p> <p>Yesterday i was outside at a dog show in Vallejo (dad and bonus mom's Swedish Vallhund Sophie took Best of Breed two days over 16 other dogs!) in 92, 95F heat and while i was warm i wasn't feeling not up to walking around or anything. Fifteen years later, i'm finally getting acclimatized to our Walnut Creek heat.&nbsp; steph </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/3#post-1273694 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 17:16:25 +0000 rachylou 1273694@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Someone put a thermometer in the bakery. Yesterday we were booking it in 89 F heat. At 83, I was starting to get a little cold. Hmm.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/3#post-1271331 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 16:49:16 +0000 Ledonna N. 1271331@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I suffer from my own internal heat all year long </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/3#post-1271264 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 15:34:23 +0000 cheryl 1271264@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>To me anything in the 80's especially with high humidity is hot. My perfect temps would be 65-80 degrees F. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/3#post-1271163 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 14:00:09 +0000 jackiec 1271163@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've learned that I just don't function well in the heat. Good thing I live in Vancouver! Anything over 27 and I'm wilting.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/3#post-1271143 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 13:36:24 +0000 Janet 1271143@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the variety of responses! It's funny, I don't love being cold (I have Reynaud's and my fingertips can go numb quickly if I get chilled), but I always feel like it is easier to throw on another layer of clothing or a blanket to warm up. There is only so much clothing you can take off to cool down. </p> <p>This thread is also making me really appreciate the fact that *I* control the temperature in my home and my studio! I don't like arctic AC either -- I hate having to bundle up indoors on a day when I can be wearing sleeveless outside. I keep my studio and home at about 73 in the summer -- just to take the edge off the humidity. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/3#post-1271092 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 12:25:35 +0000 Anonymous 1271092@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For me, hot is anything where I can wear just a sundress and sandals and be comfortable. So that's maybe 75F and above. </p> <p>Actually, I consider anything from 75 to around the high 80s to be "nice hot," and love&nbsp;being outside when it's like that. If it gets too far above that, it gets into "annoying hot." </p> <p>I have pretty high heat tolerance, though. Would rather deal with even a 95-degree day with swampy DC humidity than an "average" winter day. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/3#post-1271075 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 12:12:12 +0000 Anonymous 1271075@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I loved working in Greece. It was 40C+ but almost no humidity. We would work 6:30-2:30 until the sun got too hot, then back to process artifacts and paperwork, and swim in the harbour. Supper was at 8:30-9pm.</p> <p>Here, like Suz and Glory, the humidity is what is punishing. We get a couple weeks where it does not cool off at night and is 30+ during the day with 80-100% humidity and it is awful. In general though I handle heat pretty well but am a sweaty mess. But I would say anything over 28C is when I would start wearing shorts or lighter tops.</p> <p>My office is kept at 20C in the summer and I hate it because I can't wear my summer clothes at that temperature. I freeze. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/3#post-1271056 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 11:53:38 +0000 MRL 1271056@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I consider temsps in the 70's to be "nice" but when it gets above 80 it is "hot". It doesn't help that it's very humid here in Virginia! My test is if I can walk my dog and feel comfortable. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/3#post-1270986 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 09:11:04 +0000 T 1270986@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I guess then Mumbai is a hot place.. For most of the summer temperature hovers around 30 degrees in the afternoon&nbsp;with 75% or above humidity. In summers it goes up to 36 degrees, and in winters the lowest we get is 25 degrees during the day.&nbsp;<br />And I can tell you it is damn hot here right now. Monsoon is due to arrive anyday, and I can't stop looking at the cloudy skies longingly. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/3#post-1270955 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 07:08:42 +0000 Deborah 1270955@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, if you are from mars then so am I. I have to state that I don't like the heat:). 30 degrees plus is not for me. Our heat tends to be very dry nrat too which can be quite exhausting. I LOVE the cold:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/3#post-1270950 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 06:54:13 +0000 CocoLion 1270950@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I tend to dread any weather over 95 F even with low humidity. &nbsp;That's very hot to me. &nbsp;Normal hot is 85-95. &nbsp;Perfection is dry and sunny in the 70s. &nbsp;But I like the 60s too, I just need another layer. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/2#post-1270822 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 03:06:33 +0000 Faith 1270822@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Last year was my first summer in my current, semi-tropical climate. I actually find it quite pleasant most of the time, the humidity can build but there's almost always a breeze (something decidedly lacking from the humid summers of my midwestern childhood), and it's regularly broken by brief showers or thunderstorms. The locals kept apologizing/trying to commiserate with me about the weather last summer, and I just laughed about enjoying the (thankfully, rarely arctic) air conditioning, which was definitely lacking in my previous&nbsp;hot (30-40 in the summer) and humid European city. In the latter, as others have mentioned, it was the heat waves in which the temperature didn't ever drop enough at night that were really killers. I miss a lot about the Euro lifestyle, but not trying to sleep in still, humid air on damp sheets! I would say in both places, though, that 35 C is more the temperature at which people start to *talk* about the heat. </p> <p>A fashion-related addendum: when I first moved abroad in the late 90s, before most&nbsp;shops were air conditioned, you weren't allowed to try on clothes in many shops during the summer months, for fear of perspiration -- it really put a damper on shopping the summer sales!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/2#post-1270773 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 02:09:21 +0000 Mo 1270773@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Let's put it this way, I have to either plan my brick bike/run before 10am or after 4pm tomorrow. &nbsp;;) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/2#post-1270761 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 01:49:09 +0000 anne 1270761@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, other 30 is hot, but over 32 or 35 is when I really have to pull out the coping strategies and the entire "hot summer" wardrobe category - no sleeves, no collar, no waistlines, no long skirts etc - almost all dresses (though am thinking of trying to get some lightweight shorts this summer).</p> <p>I find hot nights very wearing too, especially if they are consecutive and the whole house heats up, and you don't have AC. Over 20 at night is not my preference! And a day with a 32 max which has a cool night and evening is quite bearable.</p> <p>We have dry summers here, but I find, like so many others, that humidity makes everything much worse. When I lived in Japan, the humid summers though not as hot, were terrible. It is the only weather that has made me lose my appetite! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/2#post-1270740 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 01:18:53 +0000 Beth Ann 1270740@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My favorite?&nbsp; When the sun is warm and the breeze is cool.&nbsp; Heavenly!&nbsp; Usually, I like 60-75F best, but I don't generally think it's hot until about 85, unless it's a humid night and there's no AC --- </p> <p>I really don't like being hot, and I live in the midwest! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/2#post-1270702 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 00:46:03 +0000 Anonymous 1270702@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, your humidity would indeed make 86 feel "hot" to me.&nbsp;<br />But, since I live in the desert, it works like this. I'm freezing in the 70s. I'd have to wear a jacket to take a walk, even in the high 70s. I'm not truly comfortable until it's at least 82. Then I can wear a dress and take off my sweater, yay (too bad that only happens in my own home). 90 in the shade with a breeze is delightful. I would dine outside in that temperature. Hot doesn't begin for me until it's over 100. Up to that point, the weather man/woman just calls it "warm". I thought that was so funny when we first moved here.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/2#post-1270648 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 23:43:59 +0000 kerry 1270648@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I look at temperatures in the summer, I ignore the actual temp. and focus instead on the humidex. Over 30 is hot and over 40 is stay inside! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/2#post-1270644 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 23:40:33 +0000 Echo 1270644@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet, I think you are right. The first time I was in Florida in August I "glowed" (sweated) so much that I am pretty sure that people thought I had a medical condition. I bike a fair number of miles (generally 20-25) daily in the summer, and I have to carry a damp paper towel with which to wipe my face with occasionally so my sunscreen doesn't run into my eyes and blind me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/2#post-1270635 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 23:30:02 +0000 Vicki 1270635@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, if you're from Mars, then I'm on the same planet eating cheese with you (which, actually, might be quite enjoyable!).</p> <p>I consider weather&nbsp;<b>hot&nbsp;</b>when it's in the high 80s, like 88. &nbsp;I love mid-70s and that's my favorite temperature of all, from 75 to 76 degrees (yes, I know, not much of a range there). &nbsp;Low 70s and dropping in to the 60s, then I'll start looking for a wrap or jacket as I'll want something close by just in case. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/2#post-1270609 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 22:40:41 +0000 Gaylene 1270609@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I hear you, Janet. I take a towel with me when I'm working out at the gym and jump into the shower immediately afterwards. There is a woman next to me who wears a full face of make-up and barely has a wisp of moisture on her upper lip when she gets off the treadmill. Is she an alien? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/2#post-1270601 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 22:35:22 +0000 Janet 1270601@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wonder how the fans of hot vs. cooler weather would line up if we also took a poll of who *sweats* a lot. I am a sweater. I hate it. I've been told that it's good, and it means my body is cooling itself efficiently, but I'm one of those people who is red-faced and soaked after a three-mile run, while other women look like they just walked out of the grocery store. So one of the reasons I hate the heat is because it makes me *look* a mess. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-is-hot-weather-hot/page/2#post-1270590 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 22:18:59 +0000 Mona 1270590@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Having lived in Middle East and South East Aisa for many years, I know where you are coming from. I have a much higher tolerance for heat and humidity than a lot of people here. I would call above 30 degrees hot. Interestingly, in summer I love to wear breezy and covered clothing even when it is very humid and hot for other people. I used to think I am the only one here but now that I know you, I don't feel so alone </p>