When it’s really really cold it is usually very calm winds. This lets the cold air pool near the ground. It’s unusual to have really extreme cold and high wind.

When it’s really really cold it is usually very calm winds. This lets the cold air pool near the ground. It’s unusual to have really extreme cold and high wind. This story is a little weird bc the coldest temp ever recorded is -128.6 on the Vostok ice sheet in Antarctic which is well below the wind chill. I also remember reading the book minus 148 about the first winter ascent of Denali in Alaska. The book is named after the coldest temp on the wind chill chart bc those guys survived in conditions that were literally off the chart. If I recall it was -50 to -60 and blowing 100 mph. Seems like some slightly sensational writing by NYT. I’d maybe accept it if they said lowest wind chill in lower 48