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How much does wind affect how temperature feels?
Right now it's 76 degrees Fahrenheit where I am. But it feels considerably cooler with the breeze. Maybe about 70. I know there's such thing as wind chill with a strong wind. I know strong winds make air feel much cooler.
But is it because the breeze is coming from a place with cooler air? Is that why the breeze feels several degrees cooler? It's by no means a strong wind.
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- az_lenderLv 74 years ago
No, it's because the wind convects heat away from your skin, and also because wind tends to dry your perspiration, causing the latent heat of evaporation to leave your skin, thus cooling it. Still air at 80 degrees feels much warmer than an 80-degree breeze. Your skin temperature is about 92 degrees, so an 80-degree breeze will cool your skin even if your skin is already dry.