How does the distance from the sea affect the climate of places?

Answer 1

The sea being liquid is less dense than land (solid). The sea therefore heats to a greater depth, but the depth means that in summer the sea takes longer to heat up than the land. Once it is warmed up however, it retains the heat for a lot longer, and takes longer to cool down in Winter. This means the further away from the sea you are, the warmer the summers you'll have, but the cooler the winters you'll have. And by the same token as above the nearer the sea the less likely you are to be freezing in winter & baking in summer, the climate is more Equable.

Answer 2

The sea being liquid is less dense than land (solid). The sea therefore heats to a greater depth, but the depth means that in summer the sea takes longer to heat up than the land. Once it is warmed up however, it retains the heat for a lot longer, and takes longer to cool down in Winter. This means the further away from the sea you are, the warmer the summers you'll have, but the cooler the winters you'll have. And by the same token as above the nearer the sea the less likely you are to be freezing in winter & baking in summer, the climate is more Equable.

Answer 3

The sea being liquid is less dense than land (solid). The sea therefore heats to a greater depth, but the depth means that in summer the sea takes longer to heat up than the land. Once it is warmed up however, it retains the heat for a lot longer, and takes longer to cool down in Winter. This means the further away from the sea you are, the warmer the summers you'll have, but the cooler the winters you'll have. And by the same token as above the nearer the sea the less likely you are to be freezing in winter & baking in summer, the climate is more Equable (or moderate). The winds from the sea are what actually makes the climate this way as the winds take their temperature from the sea. eg. Cold sea = cold winds and hot sea = hot winds.

The sea can also affect rainfall in an area as the winds move in and become drier as they go. The further inland the place is the drier the climate because the wind brings moisture but the moisture dries as the winds travel further inland.

Answer 4

The sea heats up and cools down slower than the land. So the climate near the coast is less likely to have extremes of temperature the sea has a moderating effect.

The further inland you go the more extremes of temperature you get because the land heats up quickly and cools down quickly.

But also you have to consider the latitude of the land, the position of mountain ranges in relation to the coast.

Answer 5

Most of the moisture in the air comes form evaporation form the sea surface. Thus as the air mass blows from the sea over land (and is pushed up and cooled as it does so) the moisture will come out of the air as rain. The further the air moves inland the more moisture it will have lost and the drier it will become. This means that hinterland areas get less rain on average than coastal regions.

Answer 6

The ocean, like all major bodies of water hold temperatures longer than the land and air thus making the coastal climates less fluctuant. Then as you move in land the temperatures are going to very greater, thus the climates will very greater as well.

Answer 7

Rainfall is decreased inland due to the evaporated air from the sea blowing up hills and cooling in the process. The further the cloud moves inland the more moisture that is lost.

Answer 8

Because land near an ocean is milder than the temperature further inland.

Answer 9

l do not know

Answer 10

it doesn't