Why does wind feel colder when I’m wet?
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When wind blows across dry skin, some of the body heat gets transferred into the air/wind as it blows. You may get goose bumps when this happens as the body is making the airs stand up trying to trap some air to prevent it from moving so much and taking heat away.
When the skin is wet, the water will absorb heat from the body faster than the air alone but will also evaporate off the skin taking that heat with it. Things like alcohol evaporate faster than water so will feel even colder on the skin.
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