This was last year but the lesson is still vary valid. A coworker comes to me and says his Springfield XD won’t fire if it’s cold. We are not talking super cold tempetires here 10°f. Not to mention this is his daily carry gun. He brings it to me and I can tell right away it is well oiled, not overly so but a good coat. I disassemble it and immediately notice it still has factory freeze in the slide. 
this would normally not be a problem but in colder environments the firing pin hangs up in the thickening grease. It turns into a glue instead of a lube. If you are going to carry a firearm for protection, if you ever have to draw it you want it to function.
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I don't really get it. If you will fieldstrip a gun it has basically to or three points, where slide touches rails and frame. And on range I see a lot of guys overlubing their guns in thick lube.
Most of modern firearms need just a little bit of lube in key points that are prone to friction.
Also, grease is pretty good at absorbing filth from powder gasses. If you have lube in places you can't access, you will never clean your gun. That can cause malfunctions in moment you don't expect them to happen.
So if you lube - do it reasonable.
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That will do it. I put grease on an old bolt action 22 and boy did she not want to move in the winter.
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If you think of the gun grease like a motor oil, you can’t use summer oil in the winter for the same reason. Right?
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