Wind Chill
The felt temperature when air movement strips heat from exposed skin.
What is Wind Chill? The felt temperature when air movement strips heat from exposed skin.
Wind chill measures how cold the air feels to exposed skin, accounting for wind speed. A 30°F day with 20 mph wind has a wind chill of about 18°F. The faster the wind, the more heat your body loses to convection. Wind chill matters below about 50°F — above that, the difference between air temperature and felt temperature is minimal. Always dress for the wind chill when wind exceeds 10 mph. Below 0°F wind chill, exposed skin can develop frostbite in 30 minutes or less.
References: Wikipedia · Wikidata
Wind Chill in our guides
Wind Chill appears in the following WhetherWear guides (showing 18 of 23):
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- What to Wear at 10°F: Outfit Guide for Severe Cold
- What to Wear at 15°F: Outfit Guide for Deep Winter Cold
- What to Wear at 20°F: Outfit Guide for Cold Winter Days
- What to Wear at 40°F: Cool-Weather Layering Guide
- What to Wear at 45°F: Layering for Transitional Cool Weather
- What to Wear at 5°F: Outfit Guide for Single-Digit Cold
- What to Wear by Temperature: A Decoded Guide From 100°F Down to 0°F
- What to Wear in a Cold Snap: Outfit Strategy for Sudden Extreme Cold
- What to Wear in Boston in Winter: Month-by-Month Outfit Guide
- What to Wear in Chicago in Fall: Month-by-Month Outfit Guide
- What to Wear in Chicago in Spring: Month-by-Month Outfit Guide
- What to Wear in Chicago in Summer: Month-by-Month Outfit Guide
- What to Wear in Cold Weather: A Temperature-by-Temperature Layering Guide
- What to Wear in Fog: Outfit Guide for Damp Cool Conditions
- What to Wear in Milwaukee in Fall: Month-by-Month Outfit Guide
- What to Wear in Milwaukee in Spring: Month-by-Month Outfit Guide