As if it doesn't get cold enough here anyway, ND is a perfect place to sample the effect of windchill. You might think it's all in your head and that it isn't really colder with a wind, but you'd be wrong. What wind does to us is cause us to lose body heat faster. So if it is 20 degrees and there is a 35 MPH wind, you'll get the effect of it being 0 degrees. There is even a formula for this:
Windchill (F) = 35.74+0.6215T-35.75(V(to the 0.16thpower))+0.4275t(V(to the 0.16th))
T= air temp F, V=wind speed MPH
You just had to know that didn't you?
So, it's -1 right now with a wind of 14MPH making it -20. Oh joy!
(if you don't like the weather, move)
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