Warm Up, Layer Down

We've had some gorgeous weather the past few days - 50° on Saturday, with yesterday seeing temps in the 70s. It's this time of year that I start noticing people's different wardrobe choices, with regard to temperature. With temps in the fifties, I'll see anything from all out puffy coats to straight up T-shirts being sported. That said, I've got my own temperature appropriate model for layering up and down throughout the year. Your mileage may vary.

>75° Shirt and shorts. Nice and warm, but definitely the potential to sweat balls if walking around for awhile. Summer!

65-75°: Shirt and shorts/jeans. Comfortably warm. Preferred temperature, usually September, May.

55-65°: Long sleeve T with or without T on top and jeans. Probably my preferred temperature range. Mid spring/fall.

40-55°: Above with track jacket or other zippable sweater types. Shirt and fleece jacket. Straight up hoodie also acceptable. Also a decent temperature range.

30-40°: Hoodie and fleece. Peacoat and longsleeve shirt. Possible beanie and/or gloves.

15-30°: Peacoat and hoodie. Peacoat and layered shirts or sweater. Puffy and shirt. Beanie and gloves. I personally consider <20° to be cold. Average Chicago winter weather.

0-15°: Peacoat and layered sweater. Puffy and layered shirts. Beanie and gloves. Possible scarf. Occasional Chicago winter weather. At <10° all cold kinda feels the same.

<0°: Puffy. Layers, multiple. Probable scarf. Consider extra leg layer depending on windchill. Beanie and gloves. Damn cold - God forgot to leave the heat on. Cold, even for Chicago. Luckily, more the exception than the rule.

My system assumes I'll be outside for a bit and doing some walking. Note: I usually prefer it cooler, but I've also learned to err on the side of extra warmth.