The wind chill is determined by a specific set of criteria related to the temperature and the wind speed. This site explains how wind chill is determined. Check out the Wind Chill Calculator.
This article has some amazing magnified images of snowflakes, showing the detail of their shape. The article also describes snowflake research in the 1880's.
This two-minute video explains the chemistry of how snowflakes form, "from their origins in bits of dust in clouds that become droplets of water falling to Earth".
This site from Environment Canada has great information about winter weather in Canada. Find out how winter storms begin or how wind chill is calculated. You will find links to blizzard and storm surge safety, as well.
Check out the weather for Christmas in 1970, or check out the weather on your birthday. Here is a database of weather statistics that you can narrow daily or hourly for areas across Canada.
This site is for older, more advanced learners ready to investigate snow and ice. Visit the Q & A section to find out why snow is white and how big snowflakes can get.
Learn all about the physics of snowflakes. Check the sidebar menu, to see all of the topics. This site, from California Technical Institute, also has a gallery of snowflakes.
Did you know that snowflakes are all six-sided and that none of them are exactly the same? Learn about the science of covalent bonds and the making of a snowflake.
This site, from the National Center for Atmospheric Research, explains how snowflakes form, how blizzards happen, and how rain, snow, sleet, and freezing rain are predicted.
This site, created by a meteorologist, explores many aspects of winter weather. The site contains diagrams, animations, maps and experiment suggestions for all things winter. See the menu on the left side for topics.
