What's Worse.....Extreme Cold or Extreme Heat?

[CanDB]

I can vouch for the extreme cold stuff.....when you've experienced a windchill in the -50C range (close to -60F), you soon realize that your skin can not be exposed to the elements for more than seconds without freezing. Think of the consequences of being alone for a short period of time, and something happens to you.

Extreme heat on the other hand, is another scary situation. Without proper fluids, serious things can happen. Imagine Death Valley in peak heat season.

So......if you had shelter and the abilty to keep warm/cool for either scenario, but had to face extreme conditions for a about a month, which side of the spectrum would be worse?

I lean towards extreme heat, because you can in fact dress for extreme cold. (GEEZ....it's winter 101 for most Canadians eh?) BUT....I am "just" leaning that way. What say you?

[HUMCALC]

For me, it's the heat. I don't sleep as well when I'm hot. Although I prefer to live in the heat, than the cold

[Atwnbroncfan]

I've lived in Minnesota and Arizona along with my many years in Colorado. And I'll tell you, I'd take extreme heat without a 2nd thought. Extreme cold is ten times worse.

[Broncoholic3233]

I'd live in Antarctica over Arizona.

So, by that it should be obvious what I am inferring.

Cold > Heat

[Houshmazode]

If I had shelter and a way to stay relatively warm it would be extreme cold. I lived in a small town at 7700' for a few years. we had a month where the high was -5f or something like that, walked to class every day the week the high was -20f and we had to run outside a few times for track practice. It still blew but I'd rather deal with the cold than heat.

Extreme wind would be 10x worse than extreme heat or cold.

[Amari24]

I can deal with extreme cold. I'm in Ohio so I'm already accustomed to midwest weather and it can get freezing here. Besides, I thnk it's easier to keep warm than it is to keep cool.

[Thors Hammer]

I used to work in construction, and I'd take extreme cold over heat any day. There's quite a bit you can do to stay warm when it's cold out, but when the extreme heat comes, there's no escape from it. Sometimes the temps on a metal warehouse roof got to be 130 degrees plus. When you can feel the heat of the roof sheets coming up through the soles of your boots you know it's too damn hot.

[Houshmazode]

I used to work in construction, and I'd take extreme cold over heat any day. There's quite a bit you can do to stay warm when it's cold out, but when the extreme heat comes, there's no escape from it. Sometimes the temps on a metal warehouse roof got to be 130 degrees plus. When you can feel the heat of the roof sheets coming up through the soles of your boots you know it's too damn hot.

Yea, at least when it's cold you can work or exercise and that makes it better. Heat sucks.

[CanDB]

This is interesting to me. As I mentioned, I believe I can handle extreme cold a little bit better.....as long as I have proper gear.

Just remembered.....waaaaay back on The Twilight Zone they had a show about a guy dreaming about one extreme (can't remember which one) and how everyone was in a panic, and then he woke up, and it was the opposite.....and still the panic!!

[Sophia23]

I can't handle cold, drops down to the thirties rarely here... can't handle it at all. Heat? I dunno it's rare I step outside in the summer with the exception of walking from the air conditioned home to the air conditioned car to the air conditioned job... but since I live in the desert, I guess I must prefer extreme heat.

[Charlie Brown]

The heat is the worst.

I remember going to Las Vegas when I was younger and got heat stroke. That was the worst feeling ever. I would much rather be cold because at least when you are cold there are things you can do to almost instantly feel better. Whereas extreme heat, even after getting out of the heat you still feel ill for some time.

[bigking813]

Extreme heat is better than extreme cold every day of the week. Especially if you take humidity out of the question. I may be biased because I've been living in Florida for 21 years but, the heat isn't anywhere near as bad as the cold. Being in the cold just makes everything miserable. Not to mention the fact that you would need to constantly be wearing a ton of clothes. I remember visiting my grandparents in Indiana during the winter which turned out to be a bad idea. I don't remember what the temperature was but, it was cold enough to wear jackets but, not cold enough for the heater to kick on. Which meant i had to wear a jacket to sleep.

[BroncosDivision]

Cold, definitely the cold!

I have been places where it was 42C and it didn't really bother me much. A bottle of water (and a silly amount of refills) and you're good to go. Humidity plays a huge factor though. I reckon 50C would be hell if you're stuck in the Everglades, whereas 50C in Southern Europe should be a lot more tolerable.

[Foez]

My body can handle the heat much better. I'm not sure if it's because I've lived in Texas my whole life but in cold weather I have much more of a risk of getting sick. Granted Around my area we're very well known for the weather changing drastically almost daily, it can be snowing one day and 70 degrees 2 days later. Either way, I much rather have extreme heat over extreme cold.

[SBboundBRONCOS]

on extreme im not sure, but on avg id say id rather deal with heat.

if avg temp is 65 id rather it be 105 than 25. as long as i have cool AC at home and during bed im perfect. i love the beach and drinking outside when its hot out