Comments on: Why is 98.6 just right for your body but too hot for the weather?

By: phi1829

phi1829 — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 16:41:00 +0000

I live in Fargo. Anything above 80 and I’m sweating.

By: penguinchris

penguinchris — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:21:00 +0000

Yeah… a lot of people from elsewhere in the country don’t really understand how terrible summers in east coast states can be, even in non-heatwave years. The past few weeks in Buffalo it’s been as bad as Thailand in the hot season.

By: falnfenix

falnfenix — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:24:00 +0000

I think most people will tell you that there’s an optimal climate for them, but in reality most people can adapt, to some degree, given enough time.
I have yet to adapt to Baltimore summers and I grew up here.

By: Rich Davey

Rich Davey — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:15:00 +0000

Yes, the only thing that should be at 98.6 is the water I make my tea with!

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 05:58:00 +0000

Only cowardly prudish people think 98.6 degrees is the body’s natural body temperature.

All assholes know that it is higher than that…

By: teapot

teapot — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 05:47:00 +0000

Can we get a browser plugin that automatically converts silly scales of measurement to sensible ones?

Ill have my temperatures in °Rø please.

By: pdffs

pdffs — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 04:31:00 +0000

Someone proofing this stuff?

“When the weather gets to warm, it’s a lot hard to make the heat exchange.”

Should be:
“When the weather gets *too* warm, it’s a lot *harder* to make the heat exchange.

By: penguinchris

penguinchris — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 03:05:00 +0000

I used to be almost exactly the same way, but then I moved to SoCal from Buffalo. I still sweat easily when it’s really hot, when everybody else is sweating too, but I adapted fairly quickly to normal California temperatures (even out in the desert). And now back in Buffalo, I am much less tolerant of cold.

I think most people will tell you that there’s an optimal climate for them, but in reality most people can adapt, to some degree, given enough time.

Of course your body type plays into it as well, but not as much as I thought it would… I’m kind of stocky and occasionally slightly flabby and that wasn’t a big issue in California and didn’t protect me from the cold in Buffalo after adapting to CA.

By: SomeGuyNamedMark

SomeGuyNamedMark — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 02:12:00 +0000

I’ll take Alaska thank you.

By: marilove

marilove — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:04:00 +0000

I’m from the Lake Havasu area. Someone reported 126. Heh.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:43:00 +0000

Pretty normal, actually. Many people are always cold.

By: habbi1974

habbi1974 — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:05:00 +0000

37º C

you are welcome.

By: bcsizemo

bcsizemo — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:52:00 +0000

I have the oppostie problem. Above 75 and I’m sweating. I’m happy around 50 and sunny or 60 and cloudy or breezey.

(You’d never surive my house during the winter 56 is the best I can afford.)

By: Stats Professor

Stats Professor — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:21:00 +0000

Something is wrong with you….or maybe you are woman….

By: Paul Renault

Paul Renault — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:05:00 +0000

Speaking for the warm-blooded species here, somewhere around 17-20 degC is good for me.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:02:00 +0000

My baseline body temperature runs between 95.5° and 96.5°. It certainly seems to affect my need for warmth.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:56:00 +0000

I’m in Palm Springs. It was 119° the other day.

By: princessalex

princessalex — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:47:00 +0000

You’re welcome to join me in Phoenix for the summer! :D

By: emo hex

emo hex — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:42:00 +0000

Heard some time ago that the temperature that the naked body feels neither hot nor cold is 81 degrees.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:39:00 +0000

Your body is happiest when the air temperature is around 70 degrees F.

Below 85° and I’m shivering.

By: justaddh3o

justaddh3o — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:48:00 +0000

TOO warm?
hardER to make….

And I’m not even a pilkunnussija