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Temperature Extremes
+20 C - Greeks put on sweaters (if they can find them)
+15 C - Hawaiians turn on the heaters (if they have them)
+10 C - Americans shake, Russians are planting cucumbers.
+5 C - You can see your own breathing.
Italian cars don't start.
Norwegians take a bath.
Russians drive with lowered windows.
0 C - Water freezes in America, in Russia it thickens.
-5 C - French cars don't start.
-10 C - You're planning a vacation to Australia.
-15 C - Your cat insists to sleep in your bed.
Norwegians put on sweaters.
-18 C - New York landlords turn on the heaters.
Russians make their last seasonal picnic.
-20 C - American cars don't start.
People in Alaska start wearing long-sleeves.
-25 C - German cars don't start. Hawaiians are dead.
-30 C - Politicians start talking about homeless people.
Your cat prefers to sleep in your pajamas.
-35 C - Too cold to think. Japanese cars don't start.
-40 C - You're planning a 2-week hot tub bath.
Swedish cars don't start.
-42 C - Transportation stops in Europe.
Russians eat ice cream on the street.
-45 C - All Greeks are dead.
Policians really start doing something for the homeless.
-50 C - Your eyelids start sticking when you blink.
In Alaska, people close the window in the bathroom.
-60 C - White bears start moving south.
-70 C - The hell froze.
-73 C - Finnish special services evacuate Santa Claus from Lapland.
Russians wear earmuff hats.
-80 C - Lawyers put their hands in their own pockets.
-114 C - Ethyl alcohol is freezing. Russians are unhappy.
-273 C - Absolute zero, atomic movement stops. 90% of the planet is dead.
Russian soccer team becomes the world champion.
+20 C - Greeks put on sweaters (if they can find them)
+15 C - Hawaiians turn on the heaters (if they have them)
+10 C - Americans shake, Russians are planting cucumbers.
+5 C - You can see your own breathing.
Italian cars don't start.
Norwegians take a bath.
Russians drive with lowered windows.
0 C - Water freezes in America, in Russia it thickens.
-5 C - French cars don't start.
-10 C - You're planning a vacation to Australia.
-15 C - Your cat insists to sleep in your bed.
Norwegians put on sweaters.
-18 C - New York landlords turn on the heaters.
Russians make their last seasonal picnic.
-20 C - American cars don't start.
People in Alaska start wearing long-sleeves.
-25 C - German cars don't start. Hawaiians are dead.
-30 C - Politicians start talking about homeless people.
Your cat prefers to sleep in your pajamas.
-35 C - Too cold to think. Japanese cars don't start.
-40 C - You're planning a 2-week hot tub bath.
Swedish cars don't start.
-42 C - Transportation stops in Europe.
Russians eat ice cream on the street.
-45 C - All Greeks are dead.
Policians really start doing something for the homeless.
-50 C - Your eyelids start sticking when you blink.
In Alaska, people close the window in the bathroom.
-60 C - White bears start moving south.
-70 C - The hell froze.
-73 C - Finnish special services evacuate Santa Claus from Lapland.
Russians wear earmuff hats.
-80 C - Lawyers put their hands in their own pockets.
-114 C - Ethyl alcohol is freezing. Russians are unhappy.
-273 C - Absolute zero, atomic movement stops. 90% of the planet is dead.
Russian soccer team becomes the world champion.
(there's supposedly quite reliable way of predicting how tough the winter will be, some people claim. Involving bees, and how good they prepare for winter. Father of my buddy has them. They prepare even better than last year, he doesn't even remember for them to prepare that good)
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