How to Use chill factor in a Sentence

chill factor

noun
  • The forecast was for the wind-chill factor to dip to 0 degrees by the end of the game.
    Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Maybe the office chill factor was worse than the wind chill.
    Christine Cunningham, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Dec. 2021
  • Weather in the low 40s or below with a breeze that makes the wind-chill factor in the 30s.
    Mike Hutton, Post-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The wind chill factor in the area at the time was reported at minus 12.
    Becky Bohrer, ajc, 5 Jan. 2022
  • The game was played in the harsh conditions of a 5-degree wind-chill factor.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2019
  • The wind chill factor will drop to zero on Thursday and the area could see gusts ranging from 30 to 50 miles per hour.
    oregonlive, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The water is a brisk 39 degrees Fahrenheit, the air 5 degrees, cooled by a biting wind-chill factor.
    Olivier Morin, latimes.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • The wool keeps skin from becoming (or staying) clammy or sweaty, which then stops that chill factor.
    Field & Stream, 26 Feb. 2021
  • As a low-elevation stream, the water temperature has nowhere the chill factor of streams in the high Sierra.
    Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 10 July 2019
  • Even with a first-pitch temperature of 36 degrees, the wind chill factor put it about 10 degrees cooler.
    Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • The high for Friday is expected to be 22 degrees with a wind chill factor between minus 6 and 4 degrees.
    Toriano Porter and Robert A. Cronkleton, kansascity, 11 Jan. 2018
  • This is due to the wind chill factor which calculates the degree of heat loss from the skin based on the combination of air temperature and the velocity of the wind.
    Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The game-time temperature was 17 degrees and the 26 mph wind whipping through Philadelphia brought the wind-chill factor down to zero.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2023
  • In a 4-2 defeat of the Rangers, Sammy Stewart allows one hit in four innings of relief on a bitter-cold day marked by snow showers and a wind chill factor of 6 degrees.
    Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 15 Apr. 2018
  • Miami is humid, but that coastal breeze can still add a chill factor at night, and this kimono can easily double as a light jacket.
    Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2023
  • At this steamy time of year, there’s also the chill factor: Colder drinks hold carbonation better than warm ones, and drinks that are both carbonated and cold have been shown to be more thirst-quenching.
    M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Be wise, always consider the wind chill factor, and dress accordingly.
    Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Temperature at kickoff was 22 degrees, with a wind-chill factor of 10 degrees.
    Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2023
  • It's said to provide only the chill factor, with none of the panic-inducing disorientation.
    Stephanie Dolgoff, Good Housekeeping, 13 May 2019
  • The National Weather Service expects temperatures in the mid-teens, a wind chill factor of zero and freezing rain that will make streets and sidewalks super slick.
    oregonlive, 22 Dec. 2022
  • That chill factor is definitely a big selling point, and is made possible thanks to four fan speeds that blast cold air throughout the whole room via its 90-degree oscillating design.
    Sanah Faroke, PEOPLE.com, 22 July 2021
  • The temperature on Mount Washington had plunged to 26 below on Friday afternoon — 70 degrees below with wind chill factored in.
    Jess Bidgood, Katharine Q. Seelye and Jack Healy, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2018
  • Appropriately, the festivities took place in Bear weather: near zero with gusting winds lowering the wind chill factor to 32 below.
    Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 19 Oct. 2021
  • At a rehearsal Saturday for the opening ceremony, for example, the temperature was 6 degrees Fahrenheit with a wind chill factor of 7 below zero — so severely cold that audiences walked out in the middle of the rehearsal, according to local reports.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2018

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