If you are close to a lake, is it warmer or cooler?

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anonymous · Answer

warmer

anonymous · Answer

Its always cooler the closer you get to the lake

unklerhaukus · Answer

warmer at night

anonymous · Answer

Water has a high specific heat. Which means that it takes more time and energy to heat and cool.

unklerhaukus · Answer

cooler during day

jamesj · Answer

Wrong, wrong.  I live next to Lake Michigan.

In winter, it's warmer; in summer it's cooler.  It's not necessarily warmer or cooler at night than it is during the day.

anonymous · Answer

so I guess cooler is right

jamesj · Answer

I'm looking at it out the window right now and it's telling me I'm right.

anonymous · Answer

well... it get's humid on the day... so it will feel warm..

unklerhaukus · Answer

windows are a good source of knowledge

anonymous · Answer

I believe that large bodies of water will tend to moderate the temperature on the adjacent land compared to area not adjacent to the water.  So ala rob_t, when the ambient temperature drops, the land adjacent to the water remains warmer; when the ambient temperature rises, the land adjacent to the water remains cooler.

jamesj · Answer

Mandolino is exactly right, even if I was being flippant.

anonymous · Answer

yeah mandolino has it right.

unklerhaukus · Answer

well i live next to the pacific ocean an when it gets hot the beach is always the coolest place , when it gets cold it gets colder inland

anonymous · Answer

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