Meteorologist Alena Lee explains how a calm winds Wednesday night means less wind chill factor in Maryland than it has been over the beginning of the week.

Susie then took a reading on the anemometer: 15 miles per hour. According to the wind chill calculator, the wind chill factor, or “effectual” temperature, was 25 degrees Fahrenheit. She entered this ...

The first wind chill formulas and tables were developed by Paul Allman Siple and Charles F. Passel working in the Antarctic before the Second World War and were made available by the National ...

The NWS Wind Chill Temperature (WCT) index uses advances in science, technology, and computer modeling to provide an accurate, understandable, and useful formula for calculating the dangers from ...

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The first wind chill table was originally developed by two scientists working in Antarctica, Paul Allman Siple and Charles F. Passell. The National Weather Service adopted their table in the 1970s.

The wind chill only impacts living objects, such as humans and animals. It does not impact stationary objects, like cars and other items you would find outdoors.

Wind chill just tells you the rate at which your skin will reach the air temperature. If it were 35 degrees outside with a wind chill of 25, you might think you’re in danger of getting frostbite.

A recent article in The Wall Street Journal , “ Developing Wind-Chill Factor Required Cold Calculation ” provided a good overview of the quandary. The National Weather Service in the United States has ...

Wind-chill, also called wind-chill factor is the perceived decrease in air temperature felt by the body on exposed skin due to the flow of air. The first wind chill formulas and tables were ...

The reporting of wind chill carries with it a paternalistic impulse to explain not just how cold it is, but how cold we’ll feel. Well, I’ve been out in the cold every day this week, and I know ...