The National Weather Service has warned that bitterly cold wind chills could result in hypothermia or frostbite.

V= Wind Speed (mph) The wind chill temperature index has a lot of important parameters that go along with calculating it, like using wind speed observed at 5 feet, the average height of a human ...

Wisconsin continues to see freezing temperatures this week. Here's how NWS meteorologists calculate wind chill.

The formula also accounts for heat transfer theory and skin tissue resistance, according to the NWS. For example, an air temperature of 10 degrees, and a wind speed of 25 miles per hour will ...

It's based on these other forumlas: the Canadian Wind Chill formula, the water vapor pressure formula and the Australian Apparent Temperature formula. It considers the effect of humidity (increased ...

In this Weather Wednesday we look into how the term 'wind chill' came to be and how it has evolved since then.

The NWS uses computer modeling to "provide an accurate, understandable, and useful formula" to calculate wind chill. According to the NWS, the index calculates wind speed at five feet off the ...