WIND CHILL


Meaning of WIND CHILL in English

Still-air temperature that would have the same cooling effect on exposed skin as a given combination of temperature and wind speed.

As the wind speed increases, the wind chill equivalent temperature decreases; e.g., an air temperature of 30 °F (–1.1 °C) with a wind speed of 20 mph (32.2 kph) produces a wind chill of 17 °F (–8 °C). Wind chill is often included in weather reports to describe how cold it feels.

Matching a specific air temperature (columns) with a wind speed (rows) will show the wind chill ...

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