For me, the high has to be under 50 degrees — which doesn’t happen terribly often here in Texas.

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  2. Is it sunny? Windy? Will I be outside a long time or just a bit?

    My husband tends to bring a coat if it’s below 60. I’m unlikely to bring a coat unless it’s cloudy or below 40ish. I run hot. People are always asking me why I don’t have a coat but I’m rarely cold

  7. I’d say roughly 50ish, depending on how sunny or windy it is and how long I plan to spend outside. Although, that’s a good chunk of the year here. For context, it is currently 39 and very windy where I am.

  10. Hoodies or sweaters until it hits the low 40s upper 30s. I live in the North. My friends who live in the south start getting chilled in the 60s and will put on a jacket. They think they’re going to die when it’s below zero. So cold tolerance can completely depend on what environment your used to.

  11. There are some variables. Like right now it’s about 70, but high humidity and about 15mph winds. So it feels cooler, and I would wear a long sleeve shirt. While staying in a mountain and it was 50 with almost no wind or humidity I wore a long sleeve shirt and jacket, and took them both off because I was actually warmer.

  13. I have a few coats. A lighter one for 35-50ish. A medium one for 10-35. And a really heavy one for 10 and under.

    I am a Wisconsinite, so my cold tolerance is pretty high.

  14. Raised in the Northeast, live in Tennessee now. All temps in Fahrenheit.

    Light jacket or hoodie: 65 to 45. (unless its April and I really want to feel the sun on my arms again for the first time in awhile). Below 55 I’ll add another layer like a sweater or something underneath.

    Mid weight jacket: 25 to 45 (this is something with a little bit padding and that doesn’t go below the waist). This is temp range where I will start to add in a hat and scarf as well.

    Heavy duty coat: (longer, heavier, has a big collar and hood) 25 and below. Gloves come on at this temperature as well. In TN I maybe wear this one six times a year, but I’m still glad I have it.

    Contrary to another commenter, I observe that people down here seem to bundle up less than they do in the Northeast, which seems counterintuitive. I think it might be because people in the Northeast are used to the bundling, so it becomes second nature (its in the 30s, let me get my hat).

    My other, wilder theory is that because people here were all raised with AC, they’re actually used to feeling lower temperatures for more of the time than people who grew up where I did with no AC. For about four months of the year in the NE, if you don’t have AC you are used it being 75 degrees or warmer pretty much all the time unless you are in the mall or the supermarket or your office. Down here, if you’re indoors in rarely ever going to be hotter than 75.

  15. Sweatshirt below like 55 coat when freezing. If I’m driving somewhere to just go inside I won’t wear anything but will keep it in the car

  16. I got systems man.

    Depends on precipitation and wind and what I’m doing.

    I will wear long sleeve with a flannel, from there add a hoodie, then add my vest, then replace the vest for a coat. There are times where the hoodie/vest combo isn’t enough but the hoodie coat are too much in which I do hoodie and jacket, like a north face or Columbia waterproof one.

    When it’s supercold, like -30 shit I do long johns, flannel, hoodie, coat.

    I got so many combinations and layers.

    I guess I am just in a hoodie or hoodie/vest until it gets in the single digits, depending on how long I’m outside and what I’m doing.

  19. Jacket type depends on temp. I’ll wear a denim jacket (yes, they’re back) down to 50F, maybe even 45. Below that, I break out the winter coat.

  23. Depends on whether it’s sunny/windy in addition to the actual temp. It was like 35 today and I was wearing a sweatshirt. Could have probably worn a coat, but it was pretty sunny and not windy or anything so I was fine.

    Under 45 I guess is when I’ll consider wearing a coat, but there are a lot of other factors in play.

  24. Northern climate here.

    I don’t pay much attention to actual temperature, when the weather gets cooler I dress heavier. Maybe break out the better insulating long sleeved undershirts and then heavier shirts, canvas and/or wool. At some point I’ll be rocking a thick(er)wool shirt and heavier socks.

    A jacket goes on with the combination of it being cold out, maybe a high of <25℉, an expectation of being out in the weather a while, and a low activity level while out.

    It was 30℉ yesterday afternoon and I was outside and was rocking a wool shirt in total comfort.

  26. Depends. Are we talking fall or spring? I’m the fall, I’ll typically wear a sweatshirt around 65 at night. In the spring, I’ll stop wearing a sweatshirt around 55 in the sun

  28. Depends what I am doing.

    Walking dogs on a sunny day, I generally won’t do more than grab a hoodie or sweatshirt. Crisp but sunny is awesome. Exercise also makes it seem warmer. (Within reason, this is often comfortable in 40-50 degrees, sometimes just a t-shirt mid-high 50s)

    The same temp on a cloudy day where I have to sit still outside, and/or windy conditions, I will want a jacket or something

  29. sweatshirt below 50 degrees.

    jacket below 40 degrees.

    layers below 20 degrees.

    “big coat” below 0 degrees.

    The wind is also a factor.. it can be 20 degrees and no wind and it feels fine. 30 degrees with a 40mph wind is pretty damn chilly.

  32. Depends on humidity. in the Rockies or the desert, mid 40s if I’m going to be outside for a while, freezing to upgrade to a coat rather than hoodie.

    Anywhere with humidity, add 5 or 10 degrees.

  34. Depends on a lot.. I can be bundled up at 50 it’s a raw, windy day. Nice, clear, and sunny -perfect day out? It’s 30 degrees out and I’m hiking in just a long sleeve shirt.

  36. I don’t know if there’s a rule, but if it’s below 60, maybe? Especially if it’s windy, rainy, or cloudy.

  38. if it’s 50 degrees during the day, I need one at night. 40 degrees during the day, a light jacket during the day, heavier jacket at night. 30 and below, heavy coat.

    but for me, this completely changes in the spring. the minute it gets above freezing as winter is ending, I’m wearing short sleeves. the amount of tolerance for cold you build up during a Wisconsin winter will do that to you.

  39. Less a function of the temperature than it is one of wind and precipitation. When it is just cold and dry, long sleeves switch to hoodies in the 30s.

  41. I enjoy cold weather and grew up in Wisconsin so I dont break out the jacket/coat until around freezing temps.

  42. An actual jacket, under 40. But a thick hoodie with a couple layers under is still good at that temp too

  44. Honestly changes by the season. 60 degrees in September is a lot different than 60 degrees in February.

  45. So I have a thyroid condition and I’m autistic. My body temperature is cooler than normal (usually around 95.5 F) but I overheat easily. That can not happen. I would much rather be cold than warm. So…I rarely wear one.

    I haven’t even worn one yet and with wind chill we have been in the single digits all this week. I wore just a couple of sweaters. Normally the winter coat comes out at around freezing, just haven’t done it so far this year. I’ll wear a rain jacket if there is rain but not above 65 degrees or so. Like I said I can’t be hot.

  48. Assuming it’s not windy, I start wearing light jackets in the low 60s, midweight coats in low to mid 50s, and heavy coats when it’s close to freezing. As we get lower, I add layers under it.

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