Expert: Walter Hintz - 7/28/2006

Question
Why is it that since our body temperature is 98 degrees, when we are outside in 85 degree weather, we feel hot? Shouldn't we be feeling cold?  

Answer
It depends upon a number of factors:  The humidity, the rays of the sun (how direct they are) and the disposition of the individual. The homeostasis system of the body keeps the body temperature constant.  Some people will not feel hot at 85 degrees but nobody will feel cold unless there is something wrong with the system.
 In physics there is no such thing as cold.  Some things are not as warm as others.