It's been 36 C today and my air con broke down.
Which made me cooler - a hot shower or a cool/cold shower.
I wonder if you know?
Could you add your country or climate type, so I know.
e.g. cold like Canada; medium like UK; or hot like Australia.
I live in Western Australia, we are having a late Summer and it may be 42 C on Saturday and my air con does not get fixed till next week. Lots of H2O, showers and wet towels coming up.
Keep cool every-one.
Have a nice day.
2007-03-20 04:30:04 · 3 answers · asked by teacher groovyGRANNY 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
In hot weather, your body perspires, using the evaporation of the water as a way of removing excess heat from your body. But this process also brings salts and oils to the surface of your skin, reducing the effectiveness of perspiration for removing heat, and also making you more uncomfortable with all this gunk on your skin. The shower removes these, and thus makes your more comfortable.
A cold shower obviously removes more heat directly, but there's a catch. Your body notices that it's now too cold, and therefore adjusts your metabolism to preserve heat and generate more. It increases your metabolic rate and closes your pores to reduce heat loss. When the shower ends, these changes remain for a time. For this reason, the most refreshing shower will be just a little above body temperature.
2007-03-20 08:45:08 · answer #1 · answered by Frank N 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I live in south Texas and cold showers are the best remedy for being hot. You want to bring your core temperature down, which causes sweating. Better yet, a cold bath, where you can completely submerge yourself.
2007-03-20 04:39:54 · answer #2 · answered by Kaiman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't really remmeber if a hot shower makes me cooler, but its relaxing.
I live in pennsylvania U.S......its about 36 F here.
2007-03-20 04:37:07 · answer #3 · answered by My name is not bruce 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋