If air and the water are existing in the same climate, why does water feel so much cooler than air? Why can we take a dip in a pool (even an above the ground pool) and feel cooler? Does the top of water provide some sort of defensive shield, so only a thin, undetectable layer of water is as hot as the air?
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The question you’re really asking: given air and water at the same (measured) temperature, why does water *feel* cooler than the air?
ELI5: Why does water feel colder than air if they’re the same temperature?
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ELI5: why does water feel so much colder than air at the same temperature?
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ELI5: Why does water, even at room temperature, always feel colder?
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Eli5- Why does water feel so much colder than air?
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The short version is that the body perceives hot and cold by the rate of heat transfer, not the temperature. It does depend on the temperature difference, but if the other temperature is the same, then it depends only on another factor, called the coefficient. Basically multiple some number by the temperature difference and that’s your rate.
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