wind chill

English

Alternative forms

• wind-chill
• windchill

Etymology

wind +‎ chill

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪndt͡ʃɪl/

Noun

wind chill (countable and uncountable, plural wind chills)

1. (meteorology) The cooling effect of wind, especially on the human body, which causes the "feels like" temperature to be lower than the thermometer temperature.

   The thermometer says zero, but with the wind chill it's more like minus five.

2. (loosely) The still-air temperature equivalent to a given combination of temperature and wind speed, as far as its cooling effect on exposed flesh is concerned

Derived terms

• wind chill factor

See also

• humidex
• heat index