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Hot or cold weather????

15 years ago

Which can you tolerate the LEAST?

Hot weather bothers me the most.

Very hot natured.

Hot and humid! arghhhhh

And you?

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grammahony
15 years ago
I hate the cold & snow.
Leslie
carol_in_california
15 years ago
I cannot tolerate heat with humidity but I hate the cold, too.
Guess that is why I live here on the beautiful central coast of California.
Our town has the most 70 degree F. days in the nation!
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Happy_Go_Lucky_Gayle
15 years ago
Give me anything between 65-80 degrees and I'm OK.

Gayle
nodakgal
15 years ago
I love heat and sunshine!
We rarely have humidity so the few days we get I can handle.
The older I get the less I like snow and cold.
susan_on
15 years ago
I hate the cold and the snow. I wish it was warm all year round here.
angela_nor_calif
15 years ago
I hate the heat. It could be 65-75 all year and I would be happy.
lydia1959
15 years ago
I hate the cold and lately hate the high humidity too when it is hot out. The thing I really dislike though is the wind. I can handle a hot ot cold day pretty well as long as it isn't windy.
marilyn_c
15 years ago
I hate cold and I can stand heat and humidity just fine. I don't even notice it all that much unless I am outside in the sun around noon to five. I am so glad we don't have very much winter, and our cold spells only last a few days.
glenda_al
Original Author
15 years ago
It's still 83 inside, being as my central BROKE, but I have my bedroom window unit going, so I'll sleep well!
Heat and humidity gets me!

It's never THAT cold in Alabama!
donna_oh
15 years ago
I'll take the cold!!

Donna (^_^)
mcmann
15 years ago
Caroline - I want to live near you - 70 degree days sounds just perfect. How many do you get each year? Are you near San Diego? Back here in the East we keep hearing that San Diego is the best town for weather.

I older I get the more the humidity bothers me. I'd rather take cold days than one of those sticky, hot, muggy, soul sucking humid days. And I'm willing to move to avoid them.
linda_in_iowa
15 years ago
I'll take the cold. When it is cold out I am still toasty warm inside my house. When it is hot and humid, I get warm indoors and have to turn on a fan or the A/C. I don't have central air.
pixistix
15 years ago
I'll roll in the snow any day over heat and humidity. Even when it's below zero, I can add layers and not be bothered. But too hot? . . . yuck! Like I said, heat turns me into the wicked witch of the west . . . melting . . . melting . . .
nancylouise5me
15 years ago
Hot and humid is the pits. It makes it very hard to breath when the temps start climbing into the 80's. I don't do much of anything outside when the hot weather comes. I'll take snow and cold any day. NancyLouise
caflowerluver
15 years ago
I HATE hot weather the most. It just sucks the life out of me. I can't get anything done because I have no energy. I'll take a cool foggy day like today, over the 90 degs we had yesterday. The best day is sunny and in the 70's and no humidity here in CA.
Clare
maryanntx
15 years ago
I love hot weather! I am very cold natured and don't like to get out in the winter unless on the bike.
Then I enjoy and forget about the temps. LOL

There are many days here that are around 100 F and I will sit outside on tne porch swing and read.
The humidity doesn't bother me either. But when we rode through Arizona and New Mexico I thought I would die from the heat. I told Jammer that no one better tell me that it's a dry heat!
lindaohnowga
15 years ago
Anything below 75 degrees means I am cold. Give me heat and sunshine. I hate being cold and all bundled up in layer upon layer of clothing. The less I have to wear, the better. Don't even mention the words snow and ice to me. LOL
mad_about_mickey
15 years ago
I'll take cold weather anytime. I would rather be able to throw something on. Miss the snow....
There is only so much you can take off.

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