Posted at 7:02 AM on January 15, 2009
by Craig Edwards
Wear dark clothes, stay in the sunshine and out of the full force of the breeze and it might not feel as brutally cold during the daylight hours.
The Wind Chill Index does not account for the benefit of sunshine. Scientists likely concluded that the low sun angle, snow cover and lack of a wind break presents the most apparent effect of the wind chill on exposed flesh.
I have experienced the advantage of the sun's rays in the late morning and early afternoon sunshine, even though the sun angle is low.
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