"As parents, you know your situation best." The wind chill factor Boone County School District's cold weather policy hinges on wind chill and notifications from the National Weather Service.

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The Wind Chill Chart helps us determine when environmental conditions can cause hypothermia and frostbite. Frostbite is not pleasant to look at, but it should serve as a reminder that this devastating ...

It's an equation that uses temperature and wind speed. Click here to see a wind chill chart. Why is wind chill a factor? You have a thin layer of warm air just above your skin.

Over the years, the wind chill calculation has been tweaked quite a bit, but in 2001, the National Weather Service landed on the chart you see below. The wind chill isn’t the actual temperature.

In actuality, the chill is more in us than in the air. The so-called “wind chill factor” is not really a chilling of the air at all. Rather, it is the cooling effect that wind has on exposed skin.

Importance of Knowing Wind Chill Knowing what the wind chill index is all about isn’t simply an academic exercise but rather a health imperative. When the mercury drops below zero degrees, frostbite ...

A wind chill chart from the National Weather Service. Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer.

This chart from the National Weather Service and NOAA shows wind speeds can effect the temperature we feel, or the wind chill factor. Think about the temperatures we have had recently and the wind ...