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bikerlegs t1_j5qdk4w wrote

Reply to comment by jawshoeaw in Why does hot air cool? by AspGuy25

This isn't true. I also just looked on Wikipedia and it explains the same thing I explained. Wind chill is the additional cooling effect that wind brings. Not necessarily from evaporation, it still included conduction. So you're dry computer is still experiencing wind chill by definition.

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jawshoeaw t1_j5qdu0v wrote

From the very beginning of the article on Wikipedia:

"Wind chill or windchill (popularly wind chill factor) is the lowering of body temperature due to the passing-flow of lower-temperature air.

It's a non-scientific term with no agreed exact formula and has nothing to do with inanimate objects.

Edit: Of course wind cools things - didn't mean to be nit-picking, I just don't like "windchill" because it's poorly defined. I mean there could be moisture on inanimate objects, that could be removed by dry air and cool further.. but there are good terms for those phenomenon such as evaporative cooling, convective, etc.

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