Cold weather depends on where you live In some parts of interior Alaska, such as Fairbanks, winter temperatures can drop below -40 degrees Fahrenheit (-40 degrees Celsius) and then for them that is cold weather, if you live in the tropics temperatures can range from around 70 degrees Fahrenheit (21 degrees Celsius) to 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius) during the winter months. So 32 degrees is cold weather, same if you live in Florida or Michigan cold weather’s definition is relative