So, how 'bout that weather?

[Mr. Kilt]

Ach laddies...don't tell me you're wimping out on me!!
I've mentioned it before, I'll mention it again...
I've been quite comfortable in temps down to -25F (-30ishC) while wearing my heavy Irish National kilt, kilt hose, a heavy sweater, and a leather bomber jacket. It's getting cold here again starting tomorrow, and I won't let that stop me from being kilted!

[Andrew Breecher]

Sure, when it's cold outside I don't really want to go out. At all. But when I do go out, I'm always wearing a kilt.

Tonight it was 15F, with some sort of huge wind chill. I still ventured out to the local pub in my Workman's Utilikilt, low wool socks, and a few layers on top. My ears got cold because of the wind, but I didn't have too many other problems.

Andrew.

[Erisianmonkey]

Alright, I'm going to lay it down. I have hitchhiked in great kilt (not wool, mind you, medium weight pv!), leather jacket, and combat boots with tube socks in a blizzard. No, I don't remember the temperature, it was a few years ago, but it was a wet snow, and I'll tell you right now it was bloody cold. It took me no less than 4 hours to get a ride, and by the time I got home I had to shave my beard off because it had broken off fairly close to my face in three places. The warmest part of me in the whole shooting match was waist to knees. Moral of the story- don't miss your ride when it's cold and snowy and you live 12 miles out of town.

[Jerry]

I just looked, it is 4 deg F (about -15 C) here this morning. On top of that, all of the smoke detectors in the house went off this morning around 1 AM. The noise would wake the dead, and the dogs were going crazy, howling and such. I had to get up and check everywhere in and around the house for fire or smoke, and it was very cold. Then I figured out what was wrong. This was the first really cold night we've had, so the heat pump couldn't keep up and the heating strips had kicked in. Of course, over the course of about 9 months, they had accumulated a covering of dust which was burning off and setting off the smoke detectors. I checked iy out by turning off the heat and resetting the detectors. They went off twice more, but everything was quiet again by about 2:30 AM. All of this in single digit temperatures. I didn't go out to check under the house in a kilt. I didn't feel that either of my usual "around the house kilts" (Sportkilt or a Stillwater economy) would be warm enough, and I didn't want to get my 9 yard heavyweight traditional out of the closet. During all of this, I was thinking how lucky we were that the design of our house allows an easy escape route from every bedroom. two actually have exit doors and the other two have windows that open onto a handicap access ramp.

[McMurdo]

So, beloitpiper, Did you go out in it,
how was it were you warm?
Enquiring minds want to know.

[ckelly327]

It's still single digits to teens up here right now but it's the wind that will stop me from wearing a kilt today. No matter how much heat rises, when there is a 20-30 mph wind coming across you it is just darn cold.

I'm usually well insulted to the cold and went to college near the NY/Canadian border where we would reguarly get below zero but it's the wind that gets up under the kilt. Sorry, but it's just not a kilt day here. Half of the light snow we got this week is now on the neighbor's lawn thanks to the wind. Maybe I just won't go out anywhere.

[Freedomlover]

It has heated up to 23F now, but at 6AM it was 14F with a nice 20-25 mph breeze.

I was just wondering: what is the coldest temperature you guys have ever experienced? For me it was a January night in 1981 or 2 in Sheridan County Montana. -59F by my pretty decent thermometer and wind over 45 mph. My official US Army chill chart couldn't deal with it. The chill factor was greater than -120F (the chill charts have since been revised). I had heard that at super cold temperatures you can spit, if you dare expose your face, and it will freeze before it hits the ground. It's true.

[McClef]

We have just had a light dusting of snow here and heavier falls are now predicted within the next 24-36 hours.

I keep get asking if I'm cold in a kilt to which I have been able to answer in the negative so I will have to put this to the test if we do get a few inches!

[Scottishrebel]

i wish nc would get snow it is just cool like 15 i like the cold

[Mr. Kilt]

The coldest temp I've ever experienced was -42C (-44F) while living in Winnipeg Manitoba, back in the mid 80's. The wind made it feel a whole lot colder than that, though.

As for kilting in the cold...my wife snapped these 2 pics tonight while I was grilling some steaks for supper. It's been about -12C (10F) here with freezing drizzle all day. I don't break out my heavy wool kilts unless it gets cold here.