wind chill
noun
the apparent temperature felt on the exposed human body owing to the combination of temperature and wind speed.
windchill
-
a variation of
wind chill.
Example Sentences
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It was -8C, with a windchill temperature of -20C, they said.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
On Thursday, I ended my day on daycare patrol as the windchill crept close to 25 degrees below zero.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026
He wore a traditional robe-like khamiis under a long wool coat and a pink stocking cap against the below-zero windchill, which he didn’t seem to mind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025
The windchill in Big Bear dropped the temperatures to feel like 5 degrees, Adams said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
Nevertheless, it was remarkable that Hall was even alive after spending a night without shelter or oxygen at 28,700 feet in hurricane-force winds and windchill of one hundred degrees below zero.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
