WeatherSTEM Fusion: Wind Chill
The current temperature at is °F. The current wind speed is mph. If the current temperature is 40°F or less, use the chart and figure out what the wind chill is where you live. If the current temperature is above 40°F answer the questions below.
Source: NOAA | Windchill Calculator
What do you think?
Using the windchill chart, find the windchill for the following situations:
- Temperature: 35, Wind: 5
- Temperature: 20, Wind: 15
- For number 2, much colder does a person feel than the actual temperature outside?
- 31°F
- 6°F
- Since the actual temperature is 20°F, and the windchill temperature is only 6°F, we can subtract to get the difference. In these conditions, the windchill makes a person feel 14°F colder than the actual temperature…brrrrrr!