Why does 70 in the summer feel warmer than 70 in fall/winter?

Question

I never understood why temperature can sometimes feel different in different context. Thanks for educating me!

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Answer 1

Indoors or outdoors?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_comfort

Human perception of feeling hot or cold relies on a lot of factors. Air temperature is only one. The human body is continuously metabolizing food into energy and generating heat. This heat has to be removed, but not too fast or too slowly.

A few very strong differences: under the sun vs shade, windy vs calm air, humid vs dry. All of these affect how much heat is input (being in the sun) or output from the body (wind, sweating in humid or dry air).