I tend to dread any weather over 95 F even with low humidity. That's very hot to me. Normal hot is 85-95. Perfection is dry and sunny in the 70s. But I like the 60s too, I just need another layer.

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:)

I guess then Mumbai is a hot place.. For most of the summer temperature hovers around 30 degrees in the afternoon 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.
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

For me, hot is anything where I can wear just a sundress and sandals and be comfortable. So that's maybe 75F and above.

Actually, I consider anything from 75 to around the high 80s to be "nice hot," and love being outside when it's like that. If it gets too far above that, it gets into "annoying hot."

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.

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.

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.

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....

To me anything in the 80's especially with high humidity is hot. My perfect temps would be 65-80 degrees F.

I suffer from my own internal heat all year long

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....

it's 101F here right now. Which is hot.

But my husband is working down the 680 corridor in Pleasanton, where it's just now cooled down to 106F from 107F.

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. steph

It is currently 102F here and is supposed to top off at 106F.

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.

Angie's question lead to me look up the average temperature on Mars.
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!

For me 85+ is uncomfortable. 85+ smothering humidity is nearly unbearable. Of course the hair reaction to humidity is a factor too!

I'm deeply, thin-blooded Southern.
"Hot" to me is 95F/35C+, with humidity above 80%. I wear sweaters and jeans year round, and need a jacket for warmth below about 80F/27C.
Today is comfortable: a high of 87F/31F, humidity dropping to 53% this afternoon; it's currently 76F/ 24C with 82% humidity. It's lovely, but I'm wearing a jacket -- as my husband jokes, I am solar powered and breathe liquid. *laugh*

My definition of hot is:
- While outside I feel I'm being cooked (CA desert, 100+, even if low humidity)
- while indoors, cannot stop sweating/sticky feel even after shower, in a/c room. (Manila in summer)

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.

My opinion was different when I lived in a cooler climate.