Saturday, January 2, 2010

Wind Chill

Upon arriving home, I promised I would blog about the wind chill factor and given yesterday's and today's temperatures, I feel like it's an appropriate time to do so. It also did not help to receive a text from South Africa today, stating how very hot it is there!

We have hit a cold snap, though it's not quite as cold as what Alberta and Saskatchewan received a short time ago. Today's temperature on the thermometer is about -30 degrees Celsius (no typo)! But in the winter, the wind speed makes it feel colder than what the actual temperature is, hence the wind chill factor. So, even though it's actually -30, it FEELS LIKE -40 to exposed skin. Yep, that's COLD, eh?!?

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