why does the presence of large bodies of water tend to moderate the climate of nearby land-to make it warmer?

Question

in cold weather and cooler in hot weather?

Answer 1

Water stores a great deal of heat because convection can circulate the heat throughout its depth relativity quickly. The land can only effectively store seasonal changes in temperature down to a few feet via thermal conduction, by comparison.

Answer 2

Water has greatest specific warmth of all solids and drinks. this means that the water does no longer warmth up or cool off surely. as a result, the water is warmer for the time of winters and cooler for the time of summers. motives land and sea breezes - moderates the temperature.

Answer 3

The wind generally will blow off the water onto the land.
In doing so, it picks up water vapour which has formed by the water giving up latent heat of vaporisation.
This amounts to the wind containing moisture with a large quantity of heat energy that is given up as sensible heat to its surroundings on land.

Answer 4

Water has a very large heat capacity, which means that it takes more energy than air for it to raise its temperature a certain amount. This means that a large percentage of the heat coming into the area (from the sun or from air) is used to heat the water, and there is less available heat to raise the temperature of the air.

Answer 5

Water takes longer to cool than land in the winter, thus creating a warmer than normal wind.

Water takes longer to warm up during the summer, thus creater a cooler than normal wind.