Article: WIND CHILL BASED ON RATE OF HEAT LOSS FROM EXPOSED SKIN

Most of the time, cold is judged in terms of a thermometer reading. With people and other living things though, both temperature and wind speed are needed to produce a "wind chill factor."

The wind chill is based on the rate of heat loss from exposed skin caused by the combined effects of the wind and cold.

As the wind increases, heat is carried away from the body at an ...

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