Does wind chill only affect living creatures?

Question

To rephrase, if a rock sits outside in 10F weather with -10F windchill, is the rock’s surface temperature 10F or -10F?

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Answer 1

A damp non-living can experience the effects of wind chill, as the wind is both accelerating heat transfer by forced convection and evaporative cooling. That’s how wind chill is measured, a thermometer with a damp bulb.