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Ocelot II

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1. Wind chill temperatures don't matter if you're inside or if your skin is covered.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Fri Feb 3, 2023, 07:57 PM

Feb 2023

People make too big a deal of wind chill; it's just what the combination of cold temperature and high wind feels like on exposed skin. Don't go outside, or if you do, dress warmly and keep as much skin covered as possible. If the actual temperature is -5 and the wind chill is -50, you'll feel -50 only on the parts of you that aren't covered. Your car and other inanimate objects will not be affected.

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PM Update: One of the coldest nights in years as wind chills dip toward zero [View all] elleng Feb 2023 OP

Wind chill temperatures don't matter if you're inside or if your skin is covered. Ocelot II Feb 2023 #1

-19 now....windchill is -46. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2023 #2

... markie Feb 2023 #3

OY! elleng Feb 2023 #4

...and I was complaining about 61 indoors BigmanPigman Feb 2023 #5

61 indoors is VERY uncomfortable, elleng Feb 2023 #6