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Des Moines, Iowa – As Arctic air locks in across Iowa through late January and into early February, the cold residents experience will be driven as much by wind as by temperature. Strong, persistent winds sweeping across open farmland and city corridors are accelerating heat loss, creating dangerous wind chill conditions statewide.
According to the National Weather Service, wind chill measures how quickly exposed skin loses heat when wind strips away the thin layer of warmth the body naturally produces. In Iowa, where winter systems often arrive with steady wind and little natural terrain to block it, that process becomes especially severe. The result is cold that feels sharper, bites faster, and becomes dangerous in a short amount of time…