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Quakertrucker · 70-79, M
My favorite temperature range is from 55F to 70F. If it is the cooler temperature, I can put on a long sleeve shirt, such as a Rugby shirt, and can push the sleeves up as the temperature rises. When it gets much above 70F, I tend to sweat a lot - I am 5' 10" by the way and only weigh 165 - and I lose electrolytes and get bad really muscle cramps, even with eating bananas and drinking Gatorade or Powerade and sometimes, AMA, taking potassium tablets.
I live in the northern tip of Michigan. My favorite season is Fall - coolish temperatures with subdued light - and Spring is a close second - just a bit bright at times. I can always put on warm clothes and survive - and even enjoy - Winter, but I HATE Summer with a passion.
Maybe I should move to Nunavut!
Quakertrucker
I live in the northern tip of Michigan. My favorite season is Fall - coolish temperatures with subdued light - and Spring is a close second - just a bit bright at times. I can always put on warm clothes and survive - and even enjoy - Winter, but I HATE Summer with a passion.
Maybe I should move to Nunavut!
Quakertrucker
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Quakertrucker · 70-79, M
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The weather in Costa Rica was great. I taught in San Jose - which, being in the Central Plateau at around 7,000 feet elevation - stayed around 70F most of the time.
It has a six month rainy season and a six month dry season. But, generally in the rainy season, it would only rain about an hour or two a day in the late morning or early afternoon so you could plan to be indoors. A few days, it would rain lightly all day.
I just checked the 10 day forecast there on Weather Bug. The temperature range is from 55F to 75F every day, and there is a 70 to 80% chance of rain every day. Obviously, the rainy season is in progress.
I am impressed with your commitment to your mom. If you can talk her into the move, a somewhat cooler climate may be good for her as well.
As I tell my younger sister: the median temperature where you don't really feel it is about 70F. In the deep winter in Minnesota or North Dakota, there are days where the temperature is 40 or even 50 degrees below zero - or 110 to 120 degrees colder than that median temperature - and few people die from the cold. However, if you added 110 to 120 degrees to that 70F, it would be 180 to 190F, and no one would survive. So, obviously heat is more of a killer than cold. You can always put on warmer clothes; you can only take so much off.
So, stay cool, and stay safe!
Quakertrucker
The weather in Costa Rica was great. I taught in San Jose - which, being in the Central Plateau at around 7,000 feet elevation - stayed around 70F most of the time.
It has a six month rainy season and a six month dry season. But, generally in the rainy season, it would only rain about an hour or two a day in the late morning or early afternoon so you could plan to be indoors. A few days, it would rain lightly all day.
I just checked the 10 day forecast there on Weather Bug. The temperature range is from 55F to 75F every day, and there is a 70 to 80% chance of rain every day. Obviously, the rainy season is in progress.
I am impressed with your commitment to your mom. If you can talk her into the move, a somewhat cooler climate may be good for her as well.
As I tell my younger sister: the median temperature where you don't really feel it is about 70F. In the deep winter in Minnesota or North Dakota, there are days where the temperature is 40 or even 50 degrees below zero - or 110 to 120 degrees colder than that median temperature - and few people die from the cold. However, if you added 110 to 120 degrees to that 70F, it would be 180 to 190F, and no one would survive. So, obviously heat is more of a killer than cold. You can always put on warmer clothes; you can only take so much off.
So, stay cool, and stay safe!
Quakertrucker
SW-User
@Quakertrucker very interesting about Costa Rica. i never knew much about the weather there, but i've heard people describe it as "paradise".
[quote] You can always put on warmer clothes; you can only take so much off.[/quote] this is something i say near the end of every summer! sometimes the only way i can cool off to my core is by going swimming, or taking a cold shower. the heat just zaps me. i don't know how i'm still alive after residing down here for so long.
thanks, Quakertrucker. 🤗 you do the same!
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[quote] You can always put on warmer clothes; you can only take so much off.[/quote] this is something i say near the end of every summer! sometimes the only way i can cool off to my core is by going swimming, or taking a cold shower. the heat just zaps me. i don't know how i'm still alive after residing down here for so long.
thanks, Quakertrucker. 🤗 you do the same!
💜 penty
Quakertrucker · 70-79, M
@SW-User
I am changing my favorite temperature range.
It is 45F here today - overcast and occasionally drizzling - and I am wearing a Rugby shirt with the sleeves pushed under, and I am LOVING it!
I have decided that my ideal range is actually 45F to 60F.
My wife and I - in our soon to be 23 years of marriage - have always kept our household thermostat set on 60F. Actually, we used to turn it down to 50F at night, but after we had to repair our hot-water heater boiler, we were told to never turn it below 60F, as that allowed condensate to collect which would damage the boiler.
What is the temperature like in your section of Florida today? And, how is your Mom?
Best wishes!
Quakertrucker
I am changing my favorite temperature range.
It is 45F here today - overcast and occasionally drizzling - and I am wearing a Rugby shirt with the sleeves pushed under, and I am LOVING it!
I have decided that my ideal range is actually 45F to 60F.
My wife and I - in our soon to be 23 years of marriage - have always kept our household thermostat set on 60F. Actually, we used to turn it down to 50F at night, but after we had to repair our hot-water heater boiler, we were told to never turn it below 60F, as that allowed condensate to collect which would damage the boiler.
What is the temperature like in your section of Florida today? And, how is your Mom?
Best wishes!
Quakertrucker
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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@elyay2001 never asked you to either, was just a question
Somewhereovertherainbow · 46-50, F
DarkCrazyArtistGeekGamer · 31-35, T
Below. Its usually 51 to 68 here so :D
Quakertrucker · 70-79, M
@DarkCrazyArtistGeekGamer
As I mentioned in response to this question, my favorite temperature range is between 55F and 70F - with my choice of long or short sleeves depending where on that spectrum the temperature falls. Luckily my favorite shirt type, Rugby shirts, have elastic wrists and can serve both functions.
I live in the northern tip of Michigan. Even here, we get 80's and a few low 90's during the Summer - which to me sound like hell.
Your 51F to 68F range sounds wonderful. Where do you live that such that is your range? I am not interested in a city or an address, just a general descriptor such as Northern Minnesota, Eastern Oregon, Middle Colorado, etc.
Quakertrucker
As I mentioned in response to this question, my favorite temperature range is between 55F and 70F - with my choice of long or short sleeves depending where on that spectrum the temperature falls. Luckily my favorite shirt type, Rugby shirts, have elastic wrists and can serve both functions.
I live in the northern tip of Michigan. Even here, we get 80's and a few low 90's during the Summer - which to me sound like hell.
Your 51F to 68F range sounds wonderful. Where do you live that such that is your range? I am not interested in a city or an address, just a general descriptor such as Northern Minnesota, Eastern Oregon, Middle Colorado, etc.
Quakertrucker
travelguy01 · 41-45, M