Comments on: How Is Wind Chill Calculated? (Plus 9 More Wind Chill FAQs)

By: coon hat

coon hat — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:58:53 +0000

That is because the evaporative action creates energy transfer from the wet leather to the open air – the same concept that was used in the old fashionded water coolers, and inside the systems in modern a/c units and heat pumps. the dry air will evaporate, “pulling” the heat energy out of the water inside – in layman’s terms, ask a a/c expert for a more complete expanation. As for the rest of the wind chill, I walked to the store yesterday where in the little village I am living in in Russia, into the wind, at -5* F. It was a much colder experience than the -20 sunshiny day we had last week.

By: Greg Lawhorn

Greg Lawhorn — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:50:30 +0000

I’m going to disagree that wind chill doesn’t affect inanimate objects. On hot days in the desert I used to soak leather bota bags in water, and then hang them from my trailer hitch in the shade. The *air* temperature was easily pushing 100°, but the water was cold enough to give me an ice cream headache.

By: RodT

RodT — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:37:54 +0000

@John Q
Heh, That reminded me of when we moved to San Diego back in 91, I’d flown back to Chicago to drive the truck down. When I got in I brought the older boys (then 3 and 5) out to help wash the truck. We were in shorts and t-shirts. The neighbor kids came out to watch – wearing down parkas.

By: PartiallyDeflected

PartiallyDeflected — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:03:45 +0000

I once heard wind chill described as “temperature with a publicist” – but that wind makes a huge difference.

Next up: the “feels like”, or perceived temperature resulting from the combination of heat and humidity (which sounds really good right now).

By: Yams

Yams — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:47:26 +0000

John Q, you must live in the desert, because in LA the winters average in the low 60s, and certainly 100F is way too high of an average for summer, certainly way too high for spring and fall.

By: john q

john q — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 09:04:04 +0000

all of you guys are crazy for living where you live. i live in southern california and if it gets lower than 68F, i’m freezing. most winters average about 75F. spring,summer, and fall average about 100F.

By: DaveP

DaveP — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:57:11 +0000

@thebear
You forgot:
20 = Floridians put on hats and scarfs
-50 = Canadians put on jackets

By: TheBear

TheBear — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:45:54 +0000

@Fruppi, it’s Bear, not Bert and where I come from you’d have to go a lot further:

10 = pleasant
0 = Better put a jacket on
-10 = cold
-20 = DAMN COLD
-30 = DAMN FREEZING COLD!
-40 = I’M NOT GOING OUT THAT DOOR UNLESS YOU DRAG ME COLD!

By: Hyacinth

Hyacinth — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:25:57 +0000

Chris, in the south you hear hard freeze more because while you may get several frosts, it is only the hard freeze that really kills plant life off. In the north, freeze is freeze!

By: Fruppi

Fruppi — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:43:08 +0000

Bert–I don’t bother with the conversion from Celsius to Fahrenheit unless I need exact numbers for some reason. I usually just go with the following rhyme:
30 is hot
20 is nice
10 is cold
0 is ice.