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Is it possible to get hypothermia from a cold shower?

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Most domestic cold water supply is at its coldest, the temperature of the earth, several feet underground. In most places, this is about 55 degrees F. You can, possibly, give yourself hypothermia if the water + air temperature is less than 70 degrees F. read more

As long as the ambient air temperature is not below freezing it is extremely unlikely you would get hypothermia. It is possible, just highly improbable that you would get cold enough from tap water to induce hypothermia, there would have to be just the right conditions to cause this. read more

Sometimes a cold shower is just too cold. Then again, sometimes it isn’t. For the truly hardcore, a brief submersion in a tub of ice water is the ultimate cold water experience. read more

People associate hypothermia with snowy weather and frozen oceans but "urban hypothermia" is the most common kind. Usually urban hypothermia happens when people are unable to pay their heating bill and live in a 50 degree Fahrenheit house all the time, but drunks fall asleep in cold showers. read more

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