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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Water transfers heat better than air, so when you touch room temp water and it feels cold because it’s transferring heat away from your body and into the water. Metal is even better, so heat will flow quickly from you into the metal (or water) faster than it’ll flow into air.
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