A new formula was developed by a task force formed by the United States
and Canada. It includes representatives from three universities and the
International Society of Biometerology. The new system is considered
an improvement over the old system because it actually measures wind speed
at the level of the human face (instead of 33 feet in the air)
and because it makes better guesses as to how much heat is lost as
wind brushes across the surface of the skin.

Webster defines "wind chill factor" as an estimated measurement
of the cooling effect of air and wind, esp. when applied to the
loss of body heat from exposed skin.
(ed.- like when you have to take your gloves off to dig the car keys out of your pocket.)

 :
W I N DS P E E DI NM P H
 : CALM 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
T
E
M
P
E
R
A
T
U
R
E

I
N

D
E
G
R
E
E
S

F
A
H
R
E
N
H
E
I
T
40
36
34
32
30
29
28
28
27
26
26
25
25
35
31
27
25
24
23
22
21
20
19
19
18
17
30
25
21
19
17
16
15
14
13
12
12
11
10
25
19
15
13
11
9
8
7
6
5
4
4
3
20
13
9
6
4
3
1
0
-1
-2
-3
-3
-4
15
7
3
0
-2
-4
-5
-7
-8
-9
-10
-11
-11
10
1
-4
-7
-9
-11
-12
-14
-15
-16
-17
-18
-19
5
-5
-10
-13
-15
-17
-19
-21
-22
-23
-24
-25
-26
0
-11
-16
-19
-22
-24
-26
-27
-29
-30
-31
-32
-33
-5
-16
-22
-26
-29
-31
-33
-34
-36
-37
-38
-39
-40
-10
-22
-28
-32
-35
-37
-39
-41
-43
-44
-45
-46
-48
-15
-28
-35
-39
-42
-44
-46
-48
-50
-51
-52
-54
-55
-20
-34
-41
-45
-48
-51
-53
-55
-57
-58
-60
-61
-62
-25
-40
-47
-51
-55
-58
-60
-62
-64
-65
-67
-68
-69
-30
-46
-53
-58
-61
-64
-67
-69
-71
-72
-74
-75
-76
-35
-52
-59
-64
-68
-71
-73
-76
-78
-79
-81
-82
-84
-40
-57
-66
-71
-74
-78
-80
-82
-84
-86
-88
-89
-91
-45
-63
-72
-77
-81
-84
-87
-89
-91
-93
-95
-97
-98
   
FROSTBITE
TIMES
30 Minutes
10 Minutes
5 Minutes


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to convert these numbers
to those most familiar to you.
Fahrenheit Celsius
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