What to wear by temperature
What to wear in 55 degree weather
55°F is about 13°C
55°F is crisp and mostly pleasant: cool in the morning, comfortable by the afternoon if the sun is out. My call is a light jacket or an overshirt over a t-shirt, jeans and sneakers, something easy to take off by lunchtime.
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The 55°F kit, as I see it
- Light jacket, overshirt or denim jacket
- T-shirt or long sleeve underneath
- Jeans or chinos
- Sneakers
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What I think of 55 degree weather
55°F is the temperature where everybody suddenly owns a flannel.
Fifty-five degrees: a jacket you carry more than you use.
At 55°F the sun and the shade are two completely different countries.
Where 55°F is a normal winter afternoon
- Charlotte, North Carolina: 55°F
- Raleigh, North Carolina: 54°F
- Atlanta, Georgia: 56°F
- Amarillo, Texas: 53°F
- Lubbock, Texas: 57°F
- Chattanooga, Tennessee: 53°F
- Memphis, Tennessee: 53°F
- Birmingham, Alabama: 57°F
Where 55°F is a normal winter night
- Tampa, Florida: 55°F
Where 55°F is a normal summer night
- San Francisco, California: 55°F
- Spokane, Washington: 55°F
- Rapid City, South Dakota: 55°F
- Bismarck, North Dakota: 56°F
- Seattle, Washington: 56°F
- Duluth, Minnesota: 54°F
- Medford, Oregon: 56°F
- Billings, Montana: 56°F
Questions
Is 55 degrees cold?
Cool, not cold. 55°F is about 13°C: layer weather, comfortable in the sun and chilly in the shade.
What is 55°F in Celsius?
55°F is about 13°C.
What to wear running in 55 degree weather?
Runners’ rule of thumb says a run feels about 15 to 20°F warmer than the reading, so 55°F running feels like a 70 to 75°F day, which many runners call ideal: shorts and a t-shirt.
Weather by name
City figures: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991 to 2020. Wind chill: the National Weather Service formula.