What Should Baby Wear in the Rain? By Temperature

What your baby can wear on a rainy day, from −5 – 25°C: rain makes it feel colder, and a jacket keeps the layers dry. Temperature by temperature.

Rain makes the same temperature feel colder, and wet layers stop keeping anyone warm. The app dresses for how the day feels, and below 20°C in rain it adds a jacket to keep the layers underneath dry, even where it isn't needed for warmth.

What the app suggests in the rain, from the skin out, for a baby of 6–12 months:

25°C: short-sleeve bodysuit, pants and sun hat. Warm — light single layers. 24°C: short-sleeve bodysuit, pants, socks and sun hat. Warm — light single layers. 21–23°C: short-sleeve bodysuit, pants and socks. Warm — light single layers. 20°C: long-sleeve bodysuit, pants, socks and jacket. Mild — add a light mid layer. A rain shell keeps the layers dry. 16–19°C: long-sleeve bodysuit, pants, socks, light sweater and jacket. Mild — add a light mid layer. A rain shell keeps the layers dry. 15°C: long-sleeve bodysuit, pants, socks, light sweater, jacket and warm hat. Mild — add a light mid layer. A rain shell keeps the layers dry. 14°C: long-sleeve bodysuit, pants, socks, warm sweater, jacket and warm hat. Cool — a mid layer plus a hat. A rain shell keeps the layers dry. 13°C: long-sleeve bodysuit, warm pants, socks, warm sweater, jacket and warm hat. Cool — a mid layer plus a hat. A rain shell keeps the layers dry. 7–12°C: long-sleeve bodysuit, warm pants, warm socks, warm sweater, jacket and warm hat. Cool — a mid layer plus a hat. A rain shell keeps the layers dry. 3–6°C: long-sleeve bodysuit, warm pants, warm socks, warm sweater, jacket, warm hat and mittens. Cold — full outer layer and a hat. 2°C: long-sleeve bodysuit, warm pants, warm socks, warm sweater, winter jacket, warm hat and mittens. Freezing — everything on, cover the hands. −5 – 1°C: long-sleeve bodysuit, warm pants, warm socks, warm sweater, winter jacket, warm hat and warm mittens. Freezing — everything on, cover the hands.

The jacket is there for the wet as much as for the cold: in rain the app adds it on days that would need no jacket if they were dry.

Indoors, or in a warm car, bus or train, take the hat and outer layers off.

0–3 months, 12°C: long-sleeve bodysuit, warm pants, warm socks, warm sweater, jacket and warm hat. 3–6 months, 12°C: long-sleeve bodysuit, warm pants, warm socks, warm sweater, jacket and warm hat. 6–12 months, 12°C: long-sleeve bodysuit, warm pants, warm socks, warm sweater, jacket and warm hat. 1–3 years, 12°C: long-sleeve bodysuit, warm pants, socks, warm sweater, jacket and warm hat.

Indoors, or in a warm car, bus or train, take the hat and outer layers off.

Check the neck — warm but not sweaty means just right.

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