United States Department of the Interior, Fred A. Seaton, Secretary 

 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service 



SURFACE WATER TEMPERATURES ALONG ATLANTIC AND 

 GULF COASTS OF THE UNITED STATES 



By 



Dean F . Bumpus 

 Oceanographer 

 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 



The preparation of this material has been carried out by the Woods 

 Hole Oceanographic Institution under Contract No. 14-19-008-2377 

 with the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service 



Contribution No . 904 from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 



Special Scientific Report- -Fisheries No. 214. 



Washington, D.C. 

 April 1957 



