Our rink has the reputation of being the warmest in the UK and it's probably true. Some days you can skate around and find warm air blowing down on you and sometimes it is too hot to skate well. Most serious skaters skate in short sleeve or sleeveless dresses or t shirts, although I often start off with a cotton jacket over the top. The coaches do have insulated jackets because they are standing around a lot but if you are moving and training it is often too hot.

I'm not sure how the hockey team survives but maybe it's a ploy to put off visiting teams that expire from the heat!

I was once told that it is always warm because the rink manager likes to be warm and for some reason it appears you cant' turn up the heat in the managers office without turning it up everywhere! It must cost them a fortune!

they'd be cheaper off using an electrical heater in the office.

I know; last time we competed there, several of us were rather thrown by blasts of hot air greeting us when we got on to the ice! Most strange and slightly off-putting.

The other warm rink in the area is apparently no longer so - something has gone wrong with the heating, so I am told, and you freeze there just like you do everywhere else! The skaters, who are used to skating in T-shirts, were grumbling away....

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It's 9 degree Celsius (48.2 F) at my rink. I usually wear a T-shirt and a sweater. At first, it's rather chilly, but after some stroking it gets OK.

I don't have a clue TBH...but my mum (who spends MANY an hour sitting the stands, freezing her **se off,) tells me it's about 10 C. I usually wear a T-shirt and a fleece - the fleece normally comes off, but the gloves never do, as I have TERRIBLE circulation lol.