Why doesn’t every temperature under 98.6F/37C feel cold to us?

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I would think any temperature under our natural body temp would feel cold. To take it further, I live in the north, so 75 can start feeling hot to me, yet people in the south might consider that chilly. We both have the same body temp so how does that work?

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Your body is like a house, but instead of insulation and a furnace, you’ve got fat and muscle keeping your body at a constant temperature. When you start feeling cold, that’s your furnace kicking on letting you know it’s trying to heat up your body.

Genetics and where you were raised both play a part as to why you would react to temperatures differently than other people. If you’re in 90° temperature all year round, then that’s normal to you and anything less would feel cold.

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