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In order to improve meteorological understanding, the relationship between air temperature, surface temperature, and wind speed. These results would have varied applications, including agriculture, meteorology, environmental science, and agriculture. Increased wind speeds decrease air and surface temperature in an inverse relationship. The surface temperature is determined with an infrared handheld thermometer in different but very near locations. The air temperature is determined with a weather station that records current air temperature. The wind speed is determined with a weather station that records wind speed and direction. All data sets are collected on non-equally spaced data collection days; one set of data points is collected per day. Our results disprove our original supposition, as all variables had a direct relationship, rising and falling in sync, unlike the expected inverse relationship. Thus, higher wind speeds may herald warmer temperatures, especially in winter months. All three variables were shown to be a cause of changes in the others, indicating not only a correlation, but also a causation.