What affects how we perceive temperature?

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Sometimes I can be outside in shorts in 40-50°F weather and feel great and other times I am shivering in the mid 60’s.

Other than humidity, are there some internal things that affect how we feel at different temps such as blood sugar or hormones or the like?

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Your body doesn’t feel temperature as much as it does heat/energy transfer. I’m addition to things like wind chill and heat index, it’s why materials feel hotter or colder than others of the same temperature, a 50F block of copper will feel cooler than a 50F block of plastic because the material has a higher thermal mass and conductivity and will draw more heat more quickly from your skin.

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