How cold is too cold for an outdoor wedding?

I think that sounds perfect to me- once it gets to be about 70-75 i start getting uncomfortable. hopefully the temp doesnt drop too much as the sun goes down. i like 60-68 for temps.

older guest might get chilly though.

Its probably going to be about 10 degrees cooler in the shaded, wooded area, just a heads up.

How long is your ceremony? Even though dinner is outdoors is there an option to have heaters around? I know once I'm cold I will take forever to warm up, but at the same time I always keep (especially when dressing up) a cardigan or some kind of wrap with me, as it ALWAYS seems weddings are a lot cooler, especially in the start before people start dancing and moving around.

^^^ i agree can you rent outdoor space heaters?

It would work. Consider the heaters available though. My gf did an outdoor SoCal wedding in December. 68° and we all froze even with cardigans and the heaters helped.

I think 68 is a great temperature. I'm in NY & I feel warm in that weather because we're so used to the cold. It might get chilly during dinner but if guests know it's outdoors they can just bring a jacket

That would be chilly for me, but I'd be fine with something to cover up with.

So 68 during the day. Probably about 2pm because that is usually when temps hit the high. If dinner is 5:30 and dancing is after, it will probably be chilly. See what the low will be that night and you can assume that the temps will start getting cold when the sun goes down. Definitely check for heaters. I'm typically a cold person, so I wouldn't really enjoy myself.

It's $285 to rent one heater and I'm told by the caterer it's not worth it...our ceremony is about 20 mins, followed by a cocktail hour that's both indoors and outdoors. Dinner is outside but the rest of the night is inside, including speeches, dances, cake cutting etc.

Oh that's nothing. I've been at a wedding where it was 42 at night in a barn with 3 space heaters to heat the whole place.

As long as the rest of the night is indoors then you should be fine! Do the guests know that dinner is outdoors? If not, I would spread the word so that they can bring sweaters or something.

Personally, I think it would be too cold to eat outside.

I'm with Emmy. That's too cold for me to just sit outside. It will be even colder in the shade/evening.

68 is perfectly fine.

Where I live, 68 degrees is the lowest legal temperature for a landlord to keep a residence, so i figure if it's good enough for inside, it's good enough for outside.

You're going to get answers all over the map on this one, lol. In the sun, 68 degrees is just about perfection as far as I'm concerned. Without the sun, I'm looking for a sweater. I'd assume that most people would bring a sweater, jacket, or shawl to an outdoor evening event this early in the season.

Double post

Why are you eating outside but dancing and the rest is inside? I hate eating a dinner outside, but that is my personal opinion. The only situation I am cool with eating outside is if it is over 75 degrees. I think it is too cold especially since it will be in the shade. You can buy yard propane heaters for about $50 if my memory serves me correctly. We purchased them at home depot when we had our new years eve party for the smokers on our porch.

Eh 68 degrees sounds great, but a lot of factors go into it. Like if it's windy, it's going to feel MUCH colder. And at 5:30 you're not going to get much sun to help warm you up. I'd probably be okay but I'm a midwest girl and used to it, but even for me I wouldn't choose to eat dinner outside on a 68 degree day.

Is there a reason you can't have the dinner inside where the dancing and speeches will be? Do you not have any seating at all for inside? If not, people are probably going to be going outside to sit down when they're not dancing.

I also hate eating outside.

@Promike, the dinner is gonna be on the porch and portico of the mansion, while the dancing is inside of it. There's just not enough space inside for everyone. Even with the rain plan, we would have people sit under the portico since it's covered.

Eep, I'm from Florida so I'm used to melting humidity... I would be OK in 68 if I was wearing a real coat (not just a cardigan). If you want to hand-hold your guests you could always email blast them with a PSA about the weather, but really... people can check out the weather and dress appropriately for it. Still, if it's in your budget & doable in the timeframe, us thin-blooded people would appreciate heaters.