What is your temp threshold for wearing pants vs shorts when being outside?

[kphoger]

Everyone's winters feel cooler than SoCal's...

Just for a random data point, I googled the average high temp in Anaheim in January.  It's over 65°F.

[Jim]

I am probably less likely to notice when people wear shorts in colder weather, having spent the last few decades on college campuses in the north.  College students tend to stick with their shorts and even sandals longer into the fall and break them out earlier in the spring than your general population, and there are always some who are stay in shorts pretty much year round.

[kphoger]

I am probably less likely to notice when people wear shorts in colder weather, having spent the last few decades on college campuses in the north.  College students tend to stick with their shorts and even sandals longer into the fall and break them out earlier in the spring than your general population, and there are always some who are stay in shorts pretty much year round.

My wife spent a semester at college in Minnesota, and she used to trudge through the snow in flip-flops.

[hbelkins]

Has @Roadgeek Adam seen this thread?

[Roadgeek Adam]

Has @Roadgeek Adam seen this thread?

No, but I live in a crazy universe where I'm known to wear shorts or skirts at -26.

[hbelkins]

Has @Roadgeek Adam seen this thread?

No, but I live in a crazy universe where I'm known to wear shorts or skirts at -26.

I know, that's why I thought about you and your tendency to wear shorts in freezing weather.

[roadman65]

I know of a man who i once worked with who never wore long pants even in 30 degree weather.

I once thought he was crazy and he thought I was crazy for calling him out on it.

Not to mention no winter coat or long sleeves he wore either. Same outfit as a 90 degree day worn on 35 degree days.

[Road Hog]

Now that it's April, we should be discussing this on the upswing. We've hit the 80s a few times already (and even touched 90 a couple of times) but it's been so stinking windy that it hasn't felt like it.

[Hunty2022]

My lowest for shorts is 50 (when it's sunny/not windy)
My highest for pants is 65 (when it's cloudy/windy)

[NWI_Irish96]

When you are outside walking or doing outdoor activities, when do you switch from pants to shorts and vice versa. For me, over 70 degrees F is always shorts, 60-70 is a mix of shorts and pants depending on the situation, while under 60 is always pants. For example, low of 64 and high of 85 I'm wearing shorts all day. High of 66 low of 40 when I have to be out in the morning, pants come on and I likely won't switch to shorts.

I wear knee length compression stockings due to circulation issues, so if I'm going to be on my feet for any substantial length of time, I'm wearing pants regardless of the temperature.

If I'm not going to be on my feet too much, I'll generally wear shorts when it's above 75 or so, depending on wind and humidity.

[formulanone]

55-60 degrees if I'm exercising/hiking and it's not windy nor raining outside. Just standing and sitting around most of the time? 68 degrees and up.

I don't wear shorts as much indoors for long periods of time, except at home. I seem to get chillier as I get older and not keeping my blood circulating; restaurants and airplanes are roulette wheels when I never know if I'm freezing or shvitzing. 

There's times I take the the dogs out in 45 degree weather with shorts on, but that's usually when the temperature is much lower when the sun isn't up and I'm going back inside in a few moments.

tl;dr it depends on my mood and physical activity

I don't understand the folks that wear shorts in public during near-freezing weather...what happens if you suddenly have no heat in an emergency?

[CoreySamson]

My tolerance for cold largely depends on the wind (low body fat issue?). If it isn't windy, I feel fine wearing shorts at 55 degrees and up, but if it's windy, I only feel fine at 65 degrees and up or so. Add 5 degrees to each of those numbers for my cold tolerance of short-sleeve shirts.

As for how warm I wear pants, I really don't start feeling uncomfortable wearing them for long periods until it gets up to 90 degrees. I don't know why, but my legs are often more "immune" to the effects of weather/temperature than my arms (as an example, I hardly ever get cold feet, but I often have to wear gloves for my hands once it gets below 50 or so).

[Road Hog]

I used to set 90º as my personal limit at work, but I have shifted downward to 80º mainly because my boss doesn't care. The store manager is the only one who is prohibited by company rules from wearing shorts at work.