Calculating your wind chill (feels like) is straightforward once you know the Wind Chill formula and what each input means. This guide explains the method in plain language, walks through a manual calculation, and gives worked examples you can follow — then you can do it instantly with the Wind Chill Calculator.
What is Wind Chill?
The Wind Chill calculation tells you your wind chill (feels like) from a few simple inputs. The figure you are solving for here is the wind chill (feels like).
The Wind Chill formula
The core formula is:
Wind chill (feels like) = 13.12 + 0.6215 × Air temperature - 11.37 × (Wind speed)^(0.16) + 0.3965 × Air temperature × (Wind speed)^(0.16)Here is what each input means:
- Air temperature — a value measured in °C. Example: 0 °C.
- Wind speed — a value measured in km/h. Example: 30 km/h.
How to calculate it step by step
- Write down the air temperature (for example, 0 °C).
- Write down the wind speed (for example, 30 km/h).
- Apply the formula above to get your wind chill (feels like).
- Double-check the result with the Wind Chill Calculator.
Worked examples
Example 1
| Input / Output | Value |
|---|---|
| Air temperature | 0 °C |
| Wind speed | 30 km/h |
| Wind chill (feels like) | -6.5 |
With air temperature of 0 °C and wind speed of 30 km/h, the wind chill (feels like) works out to -6.5.
Tips for an accurate result
- Keep your units consistent — mixing, say, months with years or grams with kilograms is the most common source of error.
- Round only at the very end. Rounding inputs early can shift the final answer noticeably.
- Re-run the numbers whenever an input changes, rather than estimating from an old result.
Prefer not to do the maths by hand? — the Wind Chill Calculator does it instantly, for free, with the formula and a worked example built in.
Related calculators
Continue exploring weather calculators with these tools: Heat Index Calculator, Dew Point Calculator, Rainwater Harvesting Calculator, Snow Load Calculator, Cloud Base Calculator.