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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Azzy" data-source="post: 8109675" data-attributes="member: 6563">Pre-Frostmaiden's Flatuence, Icewindale's wind speeds were about minus 10-20℉ (5.5-10℃) due to winds blowing in from the Trackless Sea in the west. For the current situation, I had assumed that the extreme temperatures would be ±18℉ (±10℃) for a low of 31℉ (35℃), but I was pulling those numbers out of my arse (I live in Florida in the US, so I'm completely ignorant about the sorts of environments that have these god-awful temperatures). The listed wind chill in Rime is just dumb, even taking an apologetic position, I agree that needs to be yeeted into the sun and replaced with something more sensible. According to the internet, blizzards have sustained wind speeds of 35+ mph (56+ km/h) and severe blizzards have sustained wind speeds of 45+ mph (72+ km/h). However, I couldn't find the sustained wind speeds of the most sever blizzards (all they provide are gusts, if they provide wind speeds at all), so for a though experiment I went with 90 mph (145 km/h) (because that sounds pretty extreme). So, given those numbers (which, again, are pulled out of thin air), I figured that at the most extreme the wind chill would be -136℉ (-93℃). So, the average wind speed should be a LOT less extreme. Even with a "normal" blizzard that has 35 mph (56 km/h) sustained winds and the average -49℉ (-45℃) temperature as its base, that's still a wind chill of -93℉ (-70℃). Which is still probably way too high. However, that's assuming the unusal circumstances as snow storms (let alone blizzards) shouldn't be occurring 24/7. In fact, in Rime, blizzards are said to last 2-4 hours.</blockquote>

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