Coldness, Wind Chill, and Survival

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by whswhs

I'm a southern Californian, and I think that 50°F is chilly and calls for putting on another layer of clothing. I don't know if we ever get down to 35°F

I also live in Southern California, where we have mountains which have snow on them sometimes. 32°F < 35°F...

I have been backpacking where the low dropped below 35°F even at lower altitudes in the high desert, in winter though. At Twenty-Nine Palms, we had water freezing in the barracks sometimes.

As a teenager in Apple Valley, I remember many days when we had snow, or when rain puddles froze overnight.