Now THAT’s the way I like to see the temperature reported. Sixty-seven below with no wind, or with light wind, or with 20 mph wind.
My home is in North Dakota, which isn’t Alaska, but ND has its winters too.
In my dad’s house we never talked about wind chill. That, though he wouldn’t have said the word, was for the pussies giving the weather report on tv.
We would say the gauge showed 26 below this morning and the wind was blowing like hell!
The record wind chill in ND is -103 set in 1985.
I remember it because we were returning from the inlaws in Iowa to Minot,ND when we got caught in a blizzard about Fergus Falls, Mn. My kids were aged two months to 7. Total whiteout, got behind a semi and followed his taillights into Fargo where we got a room for the night.
Found out then it was being reported it was minus 100 at Washburn. By the next morning, the storm had cleared but it was still bitter cold.
Another guest staying at the Days Inn and I got our vehicles running and then spent the rest of the am helping others get their cars going. Quite interesting and memorable trip, to say the least.
Same here. I want the real temp. Central Manitoba here and all I need to know is the temp and wind speed. Saying really windy will do too.
Some radio stations here just give the wind chill temp. I just about have a heart attack when they say -38C but it’s only -20 real temp and I haven’t plugged my car in.