VERIFY: Can being outside in the cold, give you a cold? The Storm Track 8 team verifies a popular weather myth claiming that being outside in the cold can give you a cold. Author: Andrew Stutzke, Morgan Strackbein Published: 5:51 PM CST February 11, 2021 Updated: 9:51 AM CST February 14, 2021 MOLINE, Ill. — We've all been told at one point to, "Put on a jacket! You are going to catch a cold!". Is it the actual cold that will cause us to get sick or are there cold virus particles flowing through the air, being refrigerated and maintained with the cold air? Let's verify. THE QUESTION