Factors affecting climate

• Latitude - 
higher latitudes are colder
• Proximity to water - water heats and cools more slowly than landmasses. Therefore coastal regions stay cooler in summer and warmer in winter

• ocean currents
- regulate global climate, helping to counteract the uneven distribution of solar radiation reaching Earth's surface
• mountain ranges - alter local wind patterns deflecting the winds in different directions, sheltering some areas from winds, and enhancing wind in others.