The original post: /r/askscience by /u/Level_Maintenance_35 on 2025-01-21 22:20:48.

Maybe the way I’ve learned temperature is oversimplified, but I’ve been told that the difference in temperature between 2 objects is just the speed at which their atoms are moving/vibrating. If this is the case, how can our atmosphere be anything other than hot since air is constantly moving? And how can gusts of wind feel colder than the surrounding temperature? I apologize if this is a dumb question.