How can the windchill be HOTTER than the actual temperature?
By JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
June 19, 2018 6:55am CST
Even better, how can there be a windchill factor when there is no wind?
But there it is.
The weather site says the windchill temp is higher than the actual temp, and higher than the temp with the heat index ('feels like' temp) even in areas where the wind is not blowing.
Are they just throwing darts at a dartboard to pick them? 
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@FourWalls (75924)
• United States
19 Jun 18
They tried to warn us about this "new math" back in the 70s. But did we listen????
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@kobesbuddy (78856)
• East Tawas, Michigan
23 Jun 18
My kids asked for help with their math homework, and I couldn't help them! :(
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@owlwings (43902)
• Cambridge, England
19 Jun 18
Either you're in a huge fan oven where the heat isn't up to temperature yet or everyone is farting like crazy or the site's figures are screwed! I notice that even when the humidity is relatively low, the "windchill" is higher than the actual!
Wickedpedalo says "Wind chill numbers are always lower than the air temperature for values where the formula is valid. When the apparent temperature is higher than the air temperature, the heat index is used instead." so it looks like they labelled the column wrong!
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This is confusing, I do not believe that the windchill temp can be higher than the actual temp. I think I am going to search and see if I an understand why.
@wolfgirl569 (118009)
• Marion, Ohio
19 Jun 18
I think maybe you are right with the dart idea. 
I dont know how that would work even with a wind.
I dont know how that would work even with a wind.2 people like this
@paigea (36102)
• Canada
19 Jun 18
@owlwings I am pretty sure these thunder showers were just thunder and lightning. No rain. Though they occur on hot days, the temperature drops as soon as the storm hits. Southern Alberta is very dry. The clouds lose all their moisture as they come over the mountains from the west. The winds sweep across the prairie soaking up whatever moisture there is. Clouds come, storms occur but not much rain!
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@BarBaraPrz (49886)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
19 Jun 18
Sounds about right... my local forecast often states "cloudy" when, at most, it's only "high overcast/sunny".
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@kobesbuddy (78856)
• East Tawas, Michigan
20 Jun 18
I still don't understand how they figure all that stuff out! Wind chill in June? I think they're dreaming these things up, just to keep their jobs!
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