I was wondering what the surrounding temperature would be for someone to catch hypothermia or freeze to death. Like if they were sleeping outside without temperature would it have to be freezing for them to catch hypothermia or could it be higher, like in the forties? Please help.
2007-04-10 14:28:22 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
There are a lot of variables that can affect how long a person could survive in any temperature below their "thermoneutral" zone. For example, in water that is in the 40 degree (F) range, a person would become hypothermic in about a half an hour (and die shortly thereafter). For more details, see the Wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothermia.
2007-04-10 15:51:14 · answer #1 · answered by kt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
water and wind chill play a huge role in this too. Usually death occurs when your core temperature reaches around 77 degrees. So if you were in cold water with a decent breeze, this would happen much quick than if you were just outside on a calm day, even if the temperature were much colder than in the water situation.
2007-04-10 20:41:23 · answer #2 · answered by weathermanpeter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freeze to death, I like the cold.
2016-05-17 06:52:13 · answer #3 · answered by delores 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋