dry cold
Moisture-free freezing air
Dry cold is cold weather with low humidity, as opposed to damp or wet cold.
The distinction matters because moisture conducts heat away from the body faster—forty degrees in Seattle can feel more bitter than twenty degrees in Denver.
It's freezing but at least it's a dry cold.
The phrase often appears as reassurance or rationalization.
- aridDevoid of water
- parchedExtremely dry or thirsty
- frigidExtremely and intensely cold
- bone chillingProfoundly unsettling or frigid
- crispFirm and breakable
bitter · biting · chapped · chapped lips · desert · high desert · winter · frost · wind · brisk · harsh · barren · dusty · cracked · cracked skin · icy · chill · numb
- northern weatherblizzard, blizzards, snowfall, freezing temperatures, frost heaves
- polar regionsAntarctica, polar bears, Arctic Ocean, glaciers, Arctic
- cold climatestundra, taiga, boreal forest, alpine zone, permafrost
- winter wordswintry, freezing, frozen, icy, frosty