March winds are legendary. But February (or January) winds have never gotten equal attention. Those, in my humble opinion, are worse than the bluster of March, especially because thereâs lower temperatures to contend with. That, of course, leaves weather forecasters talking extensively through the coldest months about the âwind chill factor,â or how much colder than the actual thermometer readings our cold weather feels when the winds come relentlessly barreling in, generally from the northwest. Wind messes with the outdoors, scattering things around like a tired toddler throwing a tantrum. After last weekâs 40-mile-per-hour assault for back-to-back days, you could count on trash cans scattered across the roadways in the nearby town, pieces of garbage bags flapping among the cornstalks up on the hill where theyâd snagged, and at least one empty birdseed bag tumbled into the first pond.