Project $07$: Windchill Calculator

Overview

When it's cold outside and the wind is blowing, it feels even colder!

$($For those of you that have been to the BYU$-$Idaho campus in Rexburg during a Winter semester, you are very familiar with this concept.$)$

To try to quantify how cold it feels outside, instead of using temperature, a calculation for "wind chill" has been developed that takes into account both the temperature and the wind speed.

The U$.$S$.$ National Weather Service defines the following formula to calculate wind chill in degrees Fahrenheit from a temperature in degrees Fahrenheit and wind speed in miles per hour:

Wind Chill Chart and Formula

$($To find the formula, follow the above link and look for the formula at the bottom of the chart.$)$

Keep in mind that:

I is the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit

v is the wind speed in miles per hour

$V^{0\mathrm{.}16}$ means V to the power of $0\mathrm{.}16,$ which can be found in Python using the $**$ operator.

Assignment

Your assignment is to write a program that asks the user for a temperature and then shows the wind chill values for various wind speeds at that temperature.

Your program should compute and display the wind chill for wind speeds of $5,10,15,$dots,$60$ miles per hour, just like the National Weather Service chart does. To help users who are more familiar with Celsius, your program should allow temperature to be entered in either Celsius or Fahrenheit, and if needed, convert the Celsius temperature to Fahrenheit before using the formula.

The following shows the expected output of this program:

What is the temperature? $8$

Fahrenheit or Celsius $($F$/$C$)?$ F

At temperature $8\mathrm{.}0$ F $,$ and wind speed $5$ mph $,$ the windchill is: $-1\mathrm{.}11$ F

At temperature $8\mathrm{.}0$ F $,$ and wind speed $10$ mph $,$ the windchill is: $-6\mathrm{.}02$ F

At temperature $8\mathrm{.}0$ F $,$ and wind speed $15$ mph $,$ the windchill is: $-9\mathrm{.}15$ F

At temperature $8\mathrm{.}0$ F $,$ and wind speed $20$ mph $,$ the windchill is: $-11\mathrm{.}50$ F

At temperature $8\mathrm{.}0$F$,$ and wind speed $25$ mph $,$ the windchill is: $-13\mathrm{.}40$ F

At temperature $8\mathrm{.}0$ F $,$ and wind speed $30$ mph $,$ the windchill is: $-15\mathrm{.}00$ F

At temperature $8\mathrm{.}0$ F $,$ and wind speed $35$ mph $,$ the windchill is: $-16\mathrm{.}39$ F

At temperature $8\mathrm{.}0$F$,$ and wind speed $40$ mph $,$ the windchill is: $-17\mathrm{.}62$ F

At temperature $8\mathrm{.}0$ F $,$ and wind speed $45$ mph $,$ the windchill is: $-18\mathrm{.}73$ F

At temperature $8\mathrm{.}0$ F $,$ and wind speed $50$ mph $,$ the windchill is: $-19\mathrm{.}74$ F

At temperature $8\mathrm{.}0$ F $,$ and wind speed $55$ mph $,$ the windchill is: $-20\mathrm{.}67$ F

At temperature $8\mathrm{.}0$ F $,$ and wind speed $60$ mph $,$ the windchill is: $-21\mathrm{.}53$ F

Another example that uses Celsius is:

What is the temperature? $-10$

Fahrenheit or Celsius $($F$/$C$)?$ C

At temperature $14\mathrm{.}0$F$,$ and wind speed $5$ mph $,$ the windchill is: $5\mathrm{.}93$F

At temperature $14\mathrm{.}0$ F $,$ and wind speed $10$ mph $,$ the windchill is: $1\mathrm{.}42$ F $.$

At temperature $14\mathrm{.}0$ F $,$ and wind speed $15$ mph $,$ the windchill is: $-1\mathrm{.}47$ F

At temperature $14\mathrm{.}0$ F $,$ and wind speed $20$ mph $,$ the windchill is: $-3\mathrm{.}63$ F

At temperature $14\mathrm{.}0$ F $,$ and wind speed $25$ mph $,$ the windchill is: $-5\mathrm{.}38$ F

At temperature $14\mathrm{.}0$ F $,$ and wind speed $30$ mph $,$ the windchill is: $-6\mathrm{.}85$ F

At temperature $14\mathrm{.}0$ F $,$ and wind speed $35$ mph $,$ the windchill is: $-8\mathrm{.}13$ F

At temperature $14\mathrm{.}0$ F $,$ and wind speed $40$ mph $,$ the windchill is: $-9\mathrm{.}27$ F

At temperature $14\mathrm{.}0$ F $,$ and wind speed $45$ mph $,$ the windchill is: $-10\mathrm{.}29$ F

At temperature $14\mathrm{.}0$ F $,$ and wind speed $50$ mph $,$ the windchill is: $-11\mathrm{.}22$ F

At temperature $14\mathrm{.}0$ F $,$ and wind speed $55$ mph $,$ the windchill is: $-12\mathrm{.}07$ F

At temperature $14\mathrm{.}0$ F $,$ and wind speed $60$ mph $,$ the windchill is: $-12\mathrm{.}87$ F

This assignment is designed to be smaller than previous assignments and is therefore not broken up into a milestone component and a final deliverable.

Write a function to calculate and return the wind chill based on a given temperature and wind speed.

Write a function to convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit and return the converted temperature. The formula for this conversion is to multiply the Celsius temperature by $(9/5)$ and then add $32.$

Allow the user to enter the temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit. If they provide it in Celsius, first convert it to Fahrenheit $($using the conversion function created above$)$ before using the formula above.

Loop through wind speeds from $5$ to $60$ miles per hour, incrementing by $5,$ and calculate and display the wind chill $($using the windchill function created above$)$ for each of these wind speeds.

Display the wind chill value to $2$ decimals of precision.

Showing Creativity

Because this assignment is so clearly defined, it is more difficult to find a way to show creativity. Because of this, you are welcome to$,$ but not required to add anything additional the way you did in previous assignments. Instead, if you meet the requirements above, you are eligible for $100\%$ on the assignment.