Works in Progress: Wind Chill

New wind-chill index warms up by 20 degrees Fahrenheit, thanks to research by environmental physicist and biomedical engineer.

By Karen Wright
Jan 1, 2003 6:00 AMMay 9, 2023 5:46 PM

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Windchill used to be a little like the weather itself. Everybody complained about it, but nobody did anything. Adopted by the U.S. National Weather Service in 1973, the wind-chill temperature was supposed to reflect the cooling effect of strong winds on cold days. But somehow it never seemed to reflect reality.

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