>>> My curiosity was piqued and sure enough, there was a plausible discussion found on the internet: relative humidity is a big factor: http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/msnow2cold.html) -- hence lake effect snows (http://web.syr.edu/~wrt405/normal/Lake_Effect.html .
In the south, when we get very cold, we usually get very dry too. Not always, but often. The cold doesn't bother me in winter so much as our dry air, which seems to try to suck every drop of moisture from your body. I think a dry 40-degrees is often miserable, whereas a wet and snowy 25-degrees is much more pleasant. Karen Karen Thomas Wingate, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.8/1195 - Release Date: 12/24/2007 11:19 AM
