Cold Weather Kilting

[Mr. Kilt]

This is something I worry about too .. given the cold we often get. Guess I'll find out soon enough .. .

Today it's -30C outside .. somehow I think a kilt just wouldn't cut it. But it rarely gets this cold - I think most winter days it would be just fine.

I was out and about most of Sunday in my heavy Irish National wool kilt. The temps on Sunday was in the -28C range, and I wasn't the slightest bit cold. Even shovelled the driveway off when I got back home.

If you get a good quality 8-yard wool kilt, cold temps won't be an issue. You'll be far warmer in your kilt than if you'd been wearing jeans.

[Canadian_Kilt]

I was out and about most of Sunday in my heavy Irish National wool kilt. The temps on Sunday was in the -28C range, and I wasn't the slightest bit cold. Even shovelled the driveway off when I got back home.

If you get a good quality 8-yard wool kilt, cold temps won't be an issue. You'll be far warmer in your kilt than if you'd been wearing jeans.

Hm well that's good to hear. Today I went to work in jeans w/ thermal undies & standard drawars, and a long sleeved t-shirt under a sweater .. and that was just for the walk .. I work inside .. ;)

For those who are wondering .. -30C is what we call RFC .. I'm sure you can flesh out the acronym. It's almost cold enough to get frostbite on your teeth. In total honesty, I think bare flesh freezes in about 2.5 minutes at that temp. There wasn't much wind today so it was fine but yesterday the windchill brought the temp to something like -45. Not pretty.

I'm in Calgary, which is in western Canada just on the east side of the rocky mountain range.

[turpin]

C x 1.8 + 32 = F is so much easier. Easier still is double the Celcius and add 30 to get Farenheit - it's close enough at usually only a degree or two off.

It's never too cold to kilt, of course, long johns underneath may be a good idea in your neck of the woods!

Now don't go getting all decimally on me. I'm a classicist I am. Those little dots between the numbers are an abomination unto the lord. I demand complexity!

[Kilted_John]

Yesterday, I wore my Armstrong 16 oz 9-yarder, a t-shirt, parka, oatmeal KH, and hiking boots. Was a lot warmer than I was earlier when I'd put the snow tires on the car and ran to the PO. Wore shorts with cotton rugby socks, with the rest of the outfit mentioned above. Actually had a buddy of mine ask me if I was cold. Saw him a few minutes later and had taken off my parka, since I was so warm.

-J

[Andrew Green]

"F = -30 x 9/5 + 32 = -22F = COLD!!"
Meh, so I was a little off. I didn't know the conversion math, so I guessed. Although I recall the -25F winters in Milwaukee not feeling as cold as the the much milder temperatures out here. Probably because it was a "dry" cold... typically seems to be more humid out here, and when it gets cold, it seems to eat into you more.

Beloit:
I currently reside in WA state...I have sort of settled in this area, because my parents chose it, and well... I go to college here, and I have a great circle of close friends too... and a job, and a hopeful future business with one of those said close friends. So I am in no hurry to go anywhere.

[Barclay]

Now don't go getting all decimally on me. I'm a classicist I am. Those little dots between the numbers are an abomination unto the lord. I demand complexity!

ROFL! My apologies. I think the same thing when I see those damnable slashes that signify a fraction is a'coming!

[auld argonian]

...ah...found it!

Originally posted by Raphael:

English vs Scots

50F degrees (= 10C)
People in southern England turn on the central heating
People in Edinburgh plant out bedding plants

40F degrees
Southerners shiver uncontrollably
Glaswegians sunbathe on the beach at Largs

35F degrees (approx. 0C)
Cars in the south of England refuse to start
People in Falkirk drive with their windows down

20F degrees
Southerners wear overcoats, gloves and woolly hats
Aberdonian men throw on a T-shirt & girls start wearing mini-skirts

15F degrees
Southerners begin to evacuate to the continent
People from Dundee swim in the North Sea at Broughty Ferry

Zero degrees
Life in the south grinds to a halt
Inverness folk have the last BBQ before it gets cold

Minus 10F degrees
Life in the south ceases to exist
People in Dunfermline throw on a light jacket

Minus 80F degrees
Polar bears wonder if it's worth carrying on
Boy Scouts in Oban start wearing their long trousers

Minus 100F degrees
Santa Claus abandons North Pole
People in Stirling put on their 'long johns'

Minus 173F degrees
Alcohol freezes
Glaswegians get upset because all the pubs are shut

Minus 297F degrees
Microbial life starts to disappear
The cows in Dumfriesshire complain about farmers with cold hands

Minus 460F degrees
All atomic motion stops
Shetlanders stamp their feet and blow on their hands

Minus 500F degrees
Hell freezes over
Scotland wins the 6 nations


...always bears repeating when the "cold" thread pops up.

Best

AA

[Bill]

Currently here where I am (Jamestown ND) it is 0F/-18C with a steady 22mph wind produsing a wind chill of -23F a bit chilly. I don't tend to spend much time out in weather like this but I have no problems with being cold kilted as long as I remember proper hat, coat, and mits.

Bill