How to Use windchill in a Sentence

windchill

noun
  • It's cold outside, and it feels even colder because of the windchill.
  • Expect windchills in the 20s tonight.
  • There’s a 7-degree windchill but the field is heated so cleats can dig in.
    BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2023
  • The workspace has a revolving floor and fans blowing, too, which adds a windchill.
    Rachel Hutton, Star Tribune, 21 Aug. 2020
  • This could produce windchills in the mid-to-low single digits in the morning.
    Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2024
  • And the forecast, albeit windchills in the 20s and 11 mph winds, does not predict pass game-wrecking rain.
    Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Much of the Cascades, including ski resorts will see windchills in the -10 to -20 range during the day.
    oregonlive, 24 Feb. 2023
  • There’s even elastic at the cuffs, hem, and hood to contour to a child’s body to keep out unwanted windchill.
    Casey Clark, Parents, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The windchill in Big Bear dropped the temperatures to feel like 5 degrees, Adams said.
    Grace Tooheystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • She was bundled up in a hat, scarf and two coats to stay warm in the below-zero windchill Wednesday.
    Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 17 Jan. 2018
  • In New York City, the overnight windchill was expected to reach as low as 20 below zero.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2023
  • North winds that could gust to 25 mph will create lower a lower windchill.
    Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The shelter’s street team was out in full force Tuesday, warning folks about the drop in temperature overnight and the frigid windchill that are on the way.
    BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2019
  • Because the wind is not constant, neither is the windchill reading.
    Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The temperature that evening was 28 degrees with a windchill of 15.
    Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • After leaving his man toasted in the frosty Cincinnati windchill, Ramsey set the Panthers up in the red zone with a 36-yard catch.
    J.l. Kirven, The Enquirer, 17 Oct. 2020
  • No new snow is expected Wednesday, but under cloudy skies the windchill from gusts as high as 30 mph will make for a frigid day.
    oregonlive, 28 Dec. 2021
  • The night was bitter, with the thermometer at zero degrees and a windchill of minus 10.
    John Reinan, Star Tribune, 26 Mar. 2021
  • But as storms dump feet of snow and bring negative windchills to the Midwest, Prizker is asking Abbott to pause.
    NBC News, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Wind gusts will be between 35 and 50 miles per hour, dropping the windchill to dangerous levels.
    Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Feb. 2023
  • This fact really captures our hardy nature: Even snow and windchills can’t keep us from brain freezes if the payoff is sweet bliss.
    BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2019
  • Most puffer vests perfectly layer over a turtleneck or under a coat to shield you from windchill.
    Ty Gaskins, Men's Health, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Winds were 36 mph at kickoff, the windchill was 34 degrees and the afternoon featured periods of snow and hail.
    Scott Patsko, cleveland, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Considering the extreme windchill and the blowing snow, things could have gone downhill fast.
    Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2022
  • The humidity was 93% and the windchill temperature in the city was 19 degrees.
    Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Temperatures dipped to 3 degrees Fahrenheit on some days, or -9 with the windchill.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Feb. 2022
  • Take advantage of this zero-windchill time to get planting.
    Lynn Petrak, chicagotribune.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Dubbed a Super Mess with sub-zero windchills, vendors sold ski caps instead of cowboy hats.
    Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Nighttime lows will dip to -15F with a windchill bordering on dangerous at times.
    Star Tribune, 3 Feb. 2021
  • Bad for truckers, but those in cars have likely had an even more miserable night in single-digit windchill.
    Greg Norman, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2022

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