Table 1. — Surface water temperatures F - monthly and annual means, 1960 



Location 



Monthly 



Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec 



Annual 



means 



Mount Desert Rock 

 Lightship 



Portland Lightship, 



Boston Lightship. . , 



Georges Shoals 



Nantucket Shoals.., 



Nantucket Light- 

 ship 



Woods Hole 



Buzzards Lightship. 



Kingston, Rhode 

 Island 



Ambrose Lightship., 



Texas Tower #4 



Barnegat Light- 

 ship 



Five Fathom Bank 

 Lightship 



Winter Quarter 

 Lightship 



Chesapeake Light- 

 ship 



Diamond Shoals 

 Lightship , 



Frying Pan Shoals 

 Lightship , 



Savannah Lightship 



35.3 

 39.7 

 39.9 

 41.9 

 39.6 



34.6 

 40.3 



38.7 

 42.7 

 48.4 



43.7 



43.5 



45.5 



45.2 



63.1 



64.0 

 53.1 



38.5 

 40.2 

 39.5 



34.7 

 37.7 



38.2 

 39.5 

 45.1 



41.6 



43.5 



42.0 



59.3 

 53.3 



34.3 

 37.0 

 36.8 

 39.2 

 37.3 



33.8 

 36.0 



37.0 

 37.8 

 40.4 



39.3 



38.2 



51.1 



35.6 

 40.2 

 41.3 

 40.5 



40.9 

 41.8 

 40.5 



43.6 



45.7 

 42.7 



46.4 



45.5 



47.4 



48.9 



63.7 



62.2 

 61.7 



40.6 

 48.7 

 51.4 

 44.4 

 41.5 



53.4 

 51.2 



53.8 



52.4 

 58.0 

 56.0 

 57.9 

 61.8 

 67.9 



70.8 



45.4 

 55.7 

 58.4 

 49.2 

 44.1 



49.7 

 63.3 

 57.8 



61.7 



62.2 

 66.4 

 66.7 

 68.1 



72.0 



76.7 



76.7 

 78.2 



52.0 

 58.5 

 58.4 

 56.6 

 50.3 



69.9 

 63.3 



66.7 

 67.7 

 71.1 



72.1 



73.1 



76.5 



81.3 



80.1 

 83.3 



52.7 

 60.3 

 63.5 

 60.2 

 53.5 



63.7 

 70.3 

 65.5 



68.4 

 70.7 

 68.8 



73.8 



74.0 



74.6 



76.5 



81.1 



81.8 

 83.8 



53.0 



61.7 

 61.0 

 54.4 



67.0 

 63.6 



64.9 

 68.1 

 65.8 



70.3 



71.4 



74.6 

 79.0 



80.1 



81.5 



50.3 

 53.8 

 54.0 

 59.0 

 52.3 



59.8 

 60.2 



58.6 

 61.4 



65.1 



69.8 



75.3 



77.0 

 76.5 



45.6 

 48.2 

 49.2 

 53.8 

 51.6 



51.0 

 53.7 



51.4 

 53.9 



54.9 

 57.0 

 57.7 



67.5 



70.2 



67.0 



38.4 

 43.5 

 43.8 

 46.6 

 46.4 



39.2 



41.3 

 46.7 



44.3 



47.8 



49.5 



48.5 



69.5 



66.9 

 57.1 



49.7 

 49.4 



51.6 



52.0 



68.1 



