How does altitude/elevation affect temperatures?

Question

does water affect temperatures too?

Answer 1

Normally temperature decreases with height but inversions can occur where the temperature stops falling and increases with height through a relatively narrow height band. This is the cause of 'smog'. Pollutants from factories are trapped at the inversion level, spread out and cannot escape into the higher atmosphere.

If you want to be a bit more technical the adiabatic lapse rate is -9.8K/Km i.e the theoretical change in temperature with height is that it decreases 9.8C (same as K) for every Km increase in height.

Answer 2

The temperature usually decreases(except small inversion layers which may sometimes occur) with height as the atmosphere is actually heated from the bottom.So, elevation affects the temperature.

Answer 3

Elevation makes temperature colder. The higher up you go, the colder it is.

Large bodies of water can affect temperatures as well. Land near large bodies of water will experience warmer temperatures.

Answer 4

The temperature is lower in higher altitude because the sun light is absorbed mainly by earth surface. The more distance you are from the surface, the colder you will feel.

Answer 5

It gets colder as you go up....

Answer 6

Every 100 or so feet of elevation has the same effect as 100 miles of northerly displacement ( in the Northern Hemisphere; similarly for the Southern ).