There’s the temp and then the “feels like” temp. If they are different, how does a thermometer read the real temp and not what it feels like, since it feels like the feels like temp?

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Answer 1

“Feels like” corrects for the effects of wind carrying away your body heat, moisture affecting the feel of air, and a few other factors.
But to a thermometer, it isn’t trying to stay warm, and it doesn’t breathe.
Simply, the “feels like” really only applies to living things (and even that isn’t quite accurate).