If temperature is atoms moving, why isn’t wind hot?

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Edit: This question is much more complicated than it would first appear lol.

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Wind isn’t really atoms, it’s gaseous air being pushed around by air pressure differentials. Plus, all that “movement” is spread out over a huge area, making heat transfer harder. That’s kind of why even on a warm day wind is cool.

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