Why does air blown by a fan feel colder than the other air in the room?

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Why does air blown by a fan feel colder than the other air in the room?

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You have hairs all over your body that traps air and makes it roughly body-temperature. So when you have a fan directly blowing at you, that air moves away from those hairs, making it seem cooler. The actual temperature of the room does not change…

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