If I understand correctly, temperature is a measure of the kinetic energy of particles which corresponds to how fast they move. But if that’s the case, why is the air temperature in winds not higher, since it pushes particles faster?
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Friction from the wind can make things warmer.
BUT, wind feels colder to humans, why? Because we generate heat.
Right, so you are constantly dumping heat into the air around us, and in a still day with no wind, we actually heat up a little bubble of air around us, making us feel warmer.
But wind blows that bubble away, introducing new colder air, making us feel colder.
So wind makes things feel colder because it increases how fast that thing loses heat
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