wind chill
or wind·chill
the apparent temperature felt on the exposed human body owing to the combination of temperature and wind speed: Sorry, but when the wind chill is below zero, I lose all interest in skiing.
Origin of wind chill
1- Also called wind chill fac·tor, wind·chill fac·tor [wind-chil fak-ter, win-], /ˈwɪnd ˌtʃɪl ˈfæk tər, ˈwɪn-/, chill fac·tor .
- Compare wind chill index.
Words Nearby wind chill
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How to use wind chill in a sentence
That means a hard freeze is likely, turning any wet surfaces quite slippery, with wind chills well down into the teens.
Snow ends, leading to an afternoon of melting; more storm chances to come this week | Brian Jackson, Dan Stillman, Andrew Freedman | February 7, 2021 | Washington PostHighs reach only the low to mid-30s, with mostly cloudy skies and wind chills stuck in the 20s again.
After 2 to 4 inches of snow, an icy night ahead in D.C. area. Snow showers possible Monday. | Jason Samenow, Dan Stillman, Andrew Freedman | February 1, 2021 | Washington PostHighs only reach the low-to-mid 30s with mostly cloudy skies and wind chills stuck in the 20s again.
Let it snow! A few inches likely to accumulate today; more tomorrow into Tuesday? | Brian Jackson, Dan Stillman | January 31, 2021 | Washington PostTemperatures struggle to reach 40 tomorrow and Friday with strong winds sending wind chills into the 20s, perhaps even the teens at times.
D.C.-area forecast: A little nicer today, cold and blustery tomorrow; Sunday winter storm? | Dan Stillman | January 27, 2021 | Washington PostFour years later, the temperature at noon was 7 degrees with a wind chill that made it feel like minus-10 to minus-20, forcing the ceremony indoors.
A presidential inauguration for the history books | Marylou Tousignant | January 20, 2021 | Washington Post
The race has never been canceled, though it was shortened in 1981, when the wind chill factor dropped to 71 degrees below zero.
Frozen Turkey Bowling Below Zero at Minnesota’s Ice Box Festival | Michael Daly | January 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe allowed that he does have a limit of 30 below, not counting the wind chill factor.
Frozen Turkey Bowling Below Zero at Minnesota’s Ice Box Festival | Michael Daly | January 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOnce in the street, he felt the night wind chill the perspiration gathered on his brow.
The Hero of the People | Alexandre DumasThe morning was gray, the peaks hidden in clouds, and the wind chill as the women came from their beds.
The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop | Hamlin GarlandA life depended on her now, and two lives might be forfeited if she let this unending wind chill her to forgetfulness.
Winning the Wilderness | Margaret Hill McCarterThen a wind chill and sharp with the edge of winter began to blow down from the slopes.
The Scouts of Stonewall | Joseph A. Altsheler
British Dictionary definitions for wind-chill
/ (wɪnd-) /
the serious chilling effect of wind and low temperature: it is measured on a scale that runs from hot to fatal to life and allows for varying combinations of air temperature and wind speed
(as modifier): wind-chill factor
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