Definitions
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- noun meteorology The still-air
temperature equivalent to a given combination of temperature andwind speed - as far as its cooling effect on exposed flesh is concerned
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Examples
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As I write this one, it's once again 34F out there, though the windchill is only 27F.
flim flam greygirlbeast 2010
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As I write this one, it's once again 34F out there, though the windchill is only 27F.
"No one understands, the way you found your god..." greygirlbeast 2010
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The Packers, on a day so cold that the windchill was the only factor, had Ray Nitschke, as well as Starr and Kramer and at least a half dozen others, remain household words.
News - latimes.com 2011
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The Packers, on a day so cold that the windchill was the only factor, had Ray Nitschke, as well as Starr and Kramer and at least a half dozen others, remain household words.
News - latimes.com 2011
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- 35C (windchill, which is what counts), snowing for the 10th day in a row, the city is incapable of clearing the roads, the Flames lost last night, and I broke two fingernails.
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No, it's not the fact that I actually heard the Miami weatherman use the phrase "windchill" when describing the temperature.
unknown title 2009
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No, it's not the fact that I actually heard the Miami weatherman use the phrase "windchill" when describing the temperature.
unknown title 2009
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Here in NW Ontario it was -22 C yesterday afternoon WITHOUT the windchill.
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Here in NW Ontario it was -22 C yesterday afternoon WITHOUT the windchill.
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But hey, the Giants won the NFC title in January 2008 when it was minus-3 and the windchill was minus-24.
The Loss That Led to Wins Aditi Kinkhabwala 2012
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