Muddled Mutterings and other Madness

TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON COMFORT AND HEALTH

24C - top range of comfort

21C - recommended living room temperature

Less than 20C - death risk begins

18C - recommended bedroom temperature

16C - resistance to respiratory diseases weakened

12C - more than two hours at this temperature raises blood pressure and increases heart attack and stroke risk

5C - Significant risk of hypothermia

Source: West Midlands Public Health Observatory

Found this while looking up info for post about Marshall Islands. Interesting stuff the BBC has.