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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It isn’t. Even if they both the same temperature water would feel colder. People don’t feel temperature they feel losses or gains in heat energy. Water is better at transferring heat than air so it feels colder.
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