Most people dont have to use a hose outdoors in cold winter weather.
However, as a farmer, I do have to use one often. Other occupations use
them too. But one thing about using a garden hose, is that sooner or
later it's going to slip or shoot the water the wrong way, and YOU get
soaked. In warm weather that is not a big problem, but in freezing
winter weather, it can be a big problem.

Last winter I had a hose get away from me when I slipped on some ice,
and in seconds I was soaked. The temperature was well below zero, so by
the time I got the hose to it's destination (a livestock tank), my
clothing was coated with ice. I quickly went in the house, and was real
cold. But my clothing, espacially pants, were so coated with ice they
did not flex, and I could not get them off my body, at least not without
cutting them off.

I grabbed a hair dryer, and that started to work, but was very slow.
That's when I got my electric heat gun. That worked wonders. But those
heat guns are meant to strip paint melt plastic pipes to bend them, and
other tasks. DO NOT apply them to your bare skin. But to melt the ice
off those pants, I just kept moving it fairly fast across my frozen
clothing (still on my body).

Once the ice on the clothing turned to water, I changed clothes and
tossed the wet stuff in the dryer. But on one incident, I only had a
wet sleeve and just kept using the heat gun until it was dry.

Just be careful to not start your clothing on fire, or burn your skin.
The trick is to keep it moving and dont let it sit in one place. Also
keep the tip of the gun at least 2 inches away from the clothing.