Eli5: If heat is energy, how does cold wind exist? How can air move (have cold gusts of wind) if it’s not hot? Where does the energy for movement of cold air come from?

Question

I asked this in school and the teacher thought I was trolling and didn’t answer me. It’s been like 20 years and I still think about it, it drives me crazy lol.

In: Planetary Science

Answer 1

Temperature doesn’t exist, it’s just a measure from our skin to our brains of the rate in change of energy. Things feel hot if the energy exchange against your skin is positive and cold if it’s negative.

There is no such thing as “temperature” in nature.