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===Maritime and hemispheric===
Seasonal weather fluctuations (changes) also depend on factors such as proximity to [[ocean]]s or other large bodies of water, [[ocean current|currents]] in those oceans, [[El Niño-Southern Oscillation|El Niño]]/ENSO and other oceanic cycles, and prevailing [[wind]]s.

In the [[temperate]] and [[polar regions of Earth|polar regions]], seasons are marked by changes in the amount of [[sunlight]], which in turn often causes [[biological life cycle|cycles]] of dormancy in plants and [[hibernation]] in animals. These effects vary with [[latitude]] and with proximity to bodies of water. For example, the [[South Pole]] is in the middle of the continent of [[Antarctica]] and therefore a considerable distance from the moderating influence of the southern oceans. The [[North Pole]] is in the [[Arctic Ocean]], and thus its temperature extremes are buffered by the water. The result is that the South Pole is consistently colder during the southern winter than the North Pole during the northern winter.

The seasonal cycle in the polar and temperate zones of one hemisphere is opposite to that of the other. When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is winter in the Southern, and vice versa.