If the air temperature is 40 degrees but the wind chill is 28 degrees, will water freeze?
Nope. Although high winds can make those of us with a pulse feel more miserable than normal, they don’t have the same effect on inanimate objects. Lower wind chills mean that inanimate objects cool to the air temperature more quickly, but even high winds can’t force the object’s temperature below the air temperature. That means that in the above example even though your skin might think it’s 28 degrees, your water pipes will still be a balmy 40 degrees.
