Why is the water at the beach feel so cold in the summer?
439007
During the day, the sun heats both land and water. Because it takes more energy to heat one molecule of water than it does to heat the land, the water is in comparison much cooler to the hot atmosphere around it. hence the reason water feels cooler than the hot atmpshpherearound it.\n\nSince land takes in more heat and releases it more rapidly than does water, at night the reverse is true. while the land has cooled off during the night the water is unable to cool as quickly so it feels warm.
28572
At dusk, the land has begun to cool but the ocean, being water, retains heat longer than the land does.  The temperature differential causes a wind to blow out toward the ocean due to the rising warm air over the ocean.  This wind blows the clouds out into their thin and whispy shape.
332498
Well, if you mean the bay that surrounds the island, its pretty cold, depending on the time of year.  Still, its cold enough to keep you out, unless you are escaping the prision... haha
50088
During the winter, the air is colder, but the ground (at least deep down) stays pretty much the same temperature.  Therefore, in a lake, the cold is coming from the top.  This usually freezes the top layer of the lake, which also shields the lower part from freezing - it is now insulated from the weather.  It is very important that ice floats over water, because this allows the ice to make a separation and enables the fish and wotnot to survive the winter.
804217
the ocean is like the wind it has layers of different kinds of salinity of water and tempratures.it has currents going one way and the deeper you go they go an other way some are slow while others can move at highway speeds.it is what keeps the oceans stired up .hot water on the top while you have very cold dense water on the bottom,the heat of the earth is the engine of life
66440
Maybe because we expect the water to be cool.
188412
Too cold by me for most of the year.  Lots of jet skis, but most people here would be leery about hovercrafts cutting thru the waves.
870162
Very generally, west coast temperatures are dominated by the prevailing winds from the west, which bring in ocean-temperature air. The ocean has a larger heat capacity than the land, so it tends to stay cooler than the land in summer and warmer than the land in winter. Also, in the summer the Pacific tends to be cooler than the Atlantic, so the east coast has less relief from heat even on days when the wind is blowing from sea to shore.
1002494
It's not closer to the earth in Winter.  It's closer in summer.
21135
water on the ground, in oceans, lakes, etc. has enough energy to evaporate a little bit (all liquids have a "vapor pressure," which is higher the hotter it is).  eventually, there is too much water in the air at whatever air temperature it is, so the water re-liquifies and falls.  this can commonly happen when a warm front (warm air holds lots of water) is cooled by a cold front.
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That long answer is pretty good, but jumps around alot.... the short and sweet answer has to do with the Gulf Stream.  Its a warm water current that runs south to north along the east coast of the US.  This in turn produces warmer, wetter weather systems for you folks out there year round.  \n\nDuring the winter, the US landmass cools off greatly due to less sun exposure because of the tilt of the earth during winter.  This causes the inland land mass to be very cool.  Since the sunlight as u say is not as direct as it is in the summer, there is less solar heating of the continental US.  Think about it as, taking a flashlight, and shining it straight down...its a small, concintrated area that is lit.  This is like the US getting its light during summer.  Now take the flash light, and shine it at an angle.  The light is more dispersed and covers a wider area, and is less intense in the areas illuminated. Thats kinda like the earth in a sense and how its lit, and the intensity of light recieved during the winter.
1165348
Because you are in the neighborhood of ocean. In the day when it starts warming up, the water in the sea evaporates and then the clouds come with wind. So it rains in the afternoon or the evening when there are enough raindrops in the clouds
844465
No.  Ice cold water makes me feel like the wind was knocked out of me.  I'm not able to scream.
716667
Lake effect snow happens because during the summer, the lake water warms up; then, during the winter, it takes this warm water longer to cool down and freeze.  As a result, there is a period of time where the weather is cold enough for snow, but the lake isn't yet frozen.  As the winds blow over the lake towards the city, it picks up water from the lake and drops it as snow on the city.\n\nBecause the lake usually does freeze, the water is relatively colder in the spring and summer, and cold water evaporates less rapidly than warm water.  So, the air picks up relatively less water from this cold water than it would if the water were warm, so the city is somewhat protected from lake effect "rain".
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i live about 30 miles from VA beach.  They do not get much snow at all.  VA beach is on the water and the water temp is usually above 32 degrees in the winter and that usually holds the temp up just enough where VA beach gets a cold rain.  They do get snow though usually ever year but 9 times out of ten, it is just flurries and doesn't accumulate.  If you go about 50 or 60 miles inland, then you would see a lot of snow.
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Water is a liquid and until the water get near freezing, water as it cools becomes more dense and sinks. Warmer water moves to the surface. For ice to form on a lake the temperate of all the water in the lake has to get below 39 degree F. \n\nLand on the surface may get colder but in temperate climates at certain depth the soil is always above freezing.
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Because it's summer in the southern hemisphere