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How can it be that it is 23 but it feels 15 degrees cooler right now?

What the holy tar is going on here?

Posted - December 23, 2022

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  • 44608
    Have you not heard of 'wind chill factor'? It is 1 here and feels like -20 due to 30MPH winds.
      December 24, 2022 9:50 AM MST
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  • 2128
    Oh yeah!
      December 24, 2022 10:09 AM MST
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  • 44608
    Thank you for AP.
      December 24, 2022 11:13 AM MST
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  • 3719
    Wind Chill: the effect of the wind on the human body, extracting heat from it by removing the thin layer of warm air that would otherwise surround you. 

    The real air temperature is still that quoted - the 23º in this case - and that would be also the temperature of exposed, inert surfaces once they have stabilised to the air temperature.
      January 31, 2023 4:31 PM MST
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