Large bodies of water such as oceans, seas, and large lakes affect the climate of an area. Water heats and cools more slowly than land. Therefore, in the summer, the coastal regions will stay cooler and in winter warmer. During the day, the land surface heats up faster than the water surface. Therefore, the air above the land is warmer than the air above the ocean. The sea affects the climate of a place. Coastal areas are cooler and wetter than inland areas. Clouds form when warm air from inland areas meets cool air from the sea. The centre of continents is subject to a large range of temperatures.

The climate of a region depends on many factors including the amount of sunlight it receives, its height above sea level, the shape of the land, and how close it is to oceans. Since the equator receives more sunlight than the poles, climate varies depending on its distance from the equator. A maritime climate is influenced by a nearby ocean. A continental climate is influenced by nearby land. The temperature of offshore currents affect nearby land areas. A maritime climate is less extreme than a continental climate, because the ocean moderates temperatures. Areas with continental climates have colder winters, longer-lasting snow, and shorter growing seasons. They are the transition zones between mild and polar climates. Continental climates experience extreme seasonal changes.It is a climate characterized by extremes of temperature, with minima and maxima occurring soon after the summer and winter Solstices respectively. In addition to the ·great range of temperatures observed, both seasonally, and diurnally other features of the climate are relatively small rainfall and low humidity’s. Land surfaces absorb much more solar radiation than water. … Water reflects most solar radiation that reaches its surface back to the atmosphere. Since land absorbs more solar radiation the land surface retains more heat as do the vegetation for energy. Thus, land surfaces warm more quickly than water. At night the sea is warmer than land since the heat capacity of water is higher than soil, which means the air above the sea is warmer and the air above land is cool. During night time , the temperature of the sea is higher than the temperature of the land hot air above the sea rises rapidly annd cool air above the land will move towards the se to take up the empty space

Water has a higher heat capacity than soil and rock, so the ocean takes much longer to heat and to cool than the land. Coastal areas will generally have more moderate temperatures than inland areas because of the heat capacity of the ocean. The ocean warms and cools more slowly than the atmosphere, thus coastal weather tends to be more moderate than continental weather, with fewer hot and cold extremes. Evaporation from the ocean, especially in the tropics, creates most rain clouds, influencing the location of wet and dry zones on land.During summers, high pressure develops over the coastal lands, so the cold winds move from the sea to the land, reducing the temperature of the region. The reverse happens in winters when high pressure develops over the sea. As such, sand gets heated or cooled more rapidly as compared to water under the similar conditions. Thus a large difference in temperature is developed between the land and the sea due to which land and sea breezes are formed. These breezes make the climate near the sea shore moderate. The specific heat capacity of water is very high. It is about five times that of sand. Hence, temperature change is much less in water than that of land. It takes less energy to change the temperature of land compared to water. This means that land heats and cools more quickly than water and this difference affects the climate of different areas on Earth. Different energy transfer processes also contribute to different rates of heating between land and water. Large bodies of water such as oceans, seas, and large lakes affect the climate of an area. Water heats and cools more slowly than land. Therefore, in the summer, the coastal regions will stay cooler and in winter warmer. A more moderate climate with a smaller temperature range is created.