the serious chilling effect of wind and low temperature: it is measured on a scale that runs from hot to fatal to life and allows for varying combinations of air temperature and wind speed
b.
(as modifier)
wind-chill factor
Examples of 'wind-chill' in a sentence
wind-chill
Minus 12 outside (-273.15 with the wind-chill factor).
Globe and Mail (2003)
The temperature was -25, but much colder with the wind-chill.
canada.com (2005)
Daytime temperatures could fall to zero - made worse by the wind-chill.
The Sun (2017)
The aloe sailed through the winter, despite its two gloomy but utterly wind-chill-free fortnights.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
When the wind-chill measurement was factored in, it became a very cold day.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
There'll be a significant wind-chill factor, with icy easterly winds and air temperatures probably remaining close to zero.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Evergreens suffer worst of all from wind-chill because their leaves exhale watery vapour whatever the temperature, even if minimally.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There will be an added wind-chill factor, and the risk of ice after bitterly cold early mornings.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
If there is a strong wind, the heat loss would be much greater than if there were no wind-chill factor.