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Comment author: tut 07 August 2014 08:57:08AM 1 point [-]

Yes. This happens sometimes in a really wet Sauna.

But conditions in which you actually feel this also kill you in less than a day. You need to lose about 100 W of heat in order to keep a stable body temperature, and moving air only feels hotter than still air if you are gaining heat from the air.