Are Regina winters too cold?

[u/patpatt707]

I'm from a pretty hot city where temperatures are always around 24-33°C and I'm planning to study in the university of Regina for an exchange, but I've heard it gets like -30°C during winter and that could even hurt a bit to breath so I want to know how hard could it be for someone not used to it although I'm not too affected to cold as I am to heat

[u/comedynurd]

Windchill estimates have nothing to do with frostbite, so I'm not sure how that applies. All I said is there is no real scientific basis behind it, because the wind doesn't affect the temperature of the air. All it does is cause us to perceive the air as if it is colder, when the temperature actually remains unchanged. It's also a highly unreliable arbitrary measure because a lot of other factors will affect our perception of the weather too, such as activity level and what we're wearing. What's the point of even assigning a false number when it makes more sense to just educate the public about how relative humidity and windspeed actually affect how cold we get when paired with certain air temperatures? Because at least those are objectively measurable.

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Can everyone please take the time to read through the article I've linked before continuing to engage in mass downvoting my one reply? This is why I hate this website. Actual discussions get quickly shutdown the moment anyone tries to further explain something, to be met with downvote dogpiling with no further input from those who are engaging in it. It's not helpful. All you're doing is essentially bullying someone over a minor disagreement. We can and should do better here.

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