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Originally Posted by ColdNoMore
In a nutshell, 'windchill equivalency' is simply a comparative measurement...on the rate of heat loss.
In other words, if something (human body/car engine/etc.) starts out warmer than the ambient temperature, it will lose heat at an accelerated rate in a wind...that is equal to a colder ambient temperature with no wind.
Inanimate (or even animate) objects will NEVER get colder than the ambient temperature...regardless if the wind is blowing 100 mph.
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I understand, but why assign a number to it that no one understands? A lot of people watch the weather report and think the numbers reported are the temperature, when they are really the wind chill factor. This creates a lot of misinformation. Also, with respect to the human body, isn't the rate of body temperature change more dependent on how much clothing you are wearing, or whether you are in the sun or in the shade?