![]() ![]() It is either an unusually wise man – or, more commonly, a fool – who claims to be able to predict the weather more than a few days out. ![]() How Cold Will it Actually Be? This great chart shows daily high/low temperatures, and a range from likely to extreme. Perhaps that points to the first aspect of keeping warm when traveling – do some research and understand what the temperatures are actually likely to be. That’s hardly a compelling reason to cancel an otherwise wondrous and reasonably mild late fall travel experience. I checked – the average temperatures in their home city were only 5° F (2.8° C) warmer than the truly moderate and above freezing average temperatures of the places they decided not to visit in Europe. This issue particularly came to light when a couple cancelled off our Christmas Cruise this year, because of concerns about the weather being impossibly cold for them. Most of Europe – at least the types of places commonly visited by tourists – seldom or never get ‘too cold’, assuming you exercise a reasonable amount of prudence with what you wear. Speaking as one who has enjoyed considerable time in Russia over many mid-winter seasons, the happy reality is that there are only a very few truly extreme locations in the world where extreme cold needs to be a consideration in your travel planning (and, perhaps surprisingly, Russia is not one of those few places to be worried about). Some of us are blessed with living in climates that remain warm all year, and the thought of traveling to a cold destination can be off-putting and interfere with what might otherwise be a wonderful travel experience. We recommend the 7+ hour Grabber brand hand warmers as being the best for most purposes.
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