wind chill

or wind·chill

[ wind chil, win- ]

noun

, Meteorology.

1. 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.

wind-chill

/ wɪnd- /

noun

1. 1. 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
   2. ( as modifier )

      wind-chill factor

Word History and Origins

Origin of wind chill¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

That means a hard freeze is likely, turning any wet surfaces quite slippery, with wind chills well down into the teens.

From Washington Post

Highs reach only the low to mid-30s, with mostly cloudy skies and wind chills stuck in the 20s again.

From Washington Post

Highs only reach the low-to-mid 30s with mostly cloudy skies and wind chills stuck in the 20s again.

From Washington Post

Temperatures struggle to reach 40 tomorrow and Friday with strong winds sending wind chills into the 20s, perhaps even the teens at times.

From Washington Post

Four 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.

From 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.

From The Daily Beast

He allowed that he does have a limit of 30 below, not counting the wind chill factor.

From The Daily Beast

Once in the street, he felt the night wind chill the perspiration gathered on his brow.

From Project Gutenberg

The morning was gray, the peaks hidden in clouds, and the wind chill as the women came from their beds.

From Project Gutenberg

A life depended on her now, and two lives might be forfeited if she let this unending wind chill her to forgetfulness.

From Project Gutenberg

Then a wind chill and sharp with the edge of winter began to blow down from the slopes.

From Project Gutenberg