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Windchill wasn't invented in 2001, just the new international standard.
I do seem to remember the effect from before 2001. But why was it invented? I mean sometimes it's kinda cool, but others it can be downright deadly. ;-)
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/How-Wind-Chill-Got-Started-and-What-Its-Doing-US-Midwest%23:~:text%3DHow%2520wind%2520chill%2520got%2520its,Expedition%2520from%25201939%2520to%25201941.&ved=2ahUKEwiLsOjn6NqDAxVWIjQIHXFfCfcQFnoECAoQBQ&usg=AOvVaw2hN1NrUDjlHaHQlfedLtE2
Yee, gads, what a dirty link. Thanks for the impulse. I hope your day is cozy.
How Wind Chill Got Started--and What It's Doing to the U.S. Midwest https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/How-Wind-Chill-Got-Started-and-What-Its-Doing-US-Midwest
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Antarctic_Service_Expedition
Measurements of Dry Atmospheric Cooling in Subfreezing Temperatures by Paul A. Siple and Charles F. Passel https://www.jstor.org/stable/985324#page_scan_tab_contents or https://sci-hub.se/https://www.jstor.org/stable/985324
Yeah, the link is gross as I was on my mobile. Thanks for the better link.