Same temp in winter as summer, but
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Why is it that 67 degrees in the winter is much colder than 67 degrees in the summer?
We can have our house 67 degrees in the summer and we're in shorts.
But during the winter, if our house is 67 degrees, we're bundled up with sweatshirts and throw blankets.
How can the same temp be so different?
Ok, so my mind went off on it's own today and that popped into my head and I had no answer. LOL!
We can have our house 67 degrees in the summer and we're in shorts.
But during the winter, if our house is 67 degrees, we're bundled up with sweatshirts and throw blankets.
How can the same temp be so different?
Ok, so my mind went off on it's own today and that popped into my head and I had no answer. LOL!
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Atmospheric pressure and crap.
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Relative Humidity: in the summer the air holds more moisture, which reduces the effectiveness of the skin's ability to shed heat through the evaporation of sweat. Therefore, the body temperature rises, and you feel warmer at 67 degrees.
Winter air is less humid. Sweat, even in small particles, evaporates instantly, and the body cools more quickly at 67 degrees.
If you were to raise the humidity of your home with several humidifiers running at full throttle, you'd probably feel warmer.
Heat radiation: Your windows, walls, furniture, etc will be colder in the winter. Even though the air has the same temperature it may feel colder because you're radiating away body heat to the cold objects in your home.
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"The Earth's axis of rotation tilts about 23.5 degrees, relative to the plane of Earth's solar system orbit around the Sun. As the Earth orbits the Sun, this creates the 47-degree peak-to-peak solar altitude angle difference, and the hemisphere-specific difference between summer and winter."
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