Whats up with wind chill?
Depending upon where you live, you might not pay much attention to the “wind chill factor”. Folks in Florida tend to ignore it most of the year, but if you’re in the Midwest or Northeast in January, then you’d better listen up! The term “Wind Chill” means how cold it FEELS like regardless of what the temperature actually is. When you use our wind chill calculator you’ll enter the wind speed (V) in miles per hour and the air temperature (T) in either Farenheit or Celsius. Use the little drop-down list to make your choice. Then just click the “Find Wind Chill” button and your answer will magically appear. The calculator does all of the hard work, but let’s take a closer look at those numbers that the calculator is crunching. Speaking of calculators, you’ll notice that we have two. One is labeled “New Wind Chill Calculator” and the other is labeled “Wind Chill”. To understand why there are two, let’s take a trip back to the 1940’s where we find two guys named Siple and Passel poking aroun