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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What you “feel” is a nerve signal, not the actual temp. Your body adjusts to what you are exposed to. Its not worried with what you experience all the time, it wants to know when things change.
98.6 is also your core temp, the tips of your fingers are much cooler. If you touch a 98 degree object, it will feel warm because it is warmer than your fingers.
Your body is very good at adapting to environments to maintain your core temp. It takes it a bit of time, several days to a few weeks, to adjust if that environment changes. Thats why people from different climates experience the same temp differently. Your bodies are on different settings to maintain core temp.
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