Excessively hot waters off the coast of South Florida rose to an unfathomable level Monday evening. A buoy about 40 miles south of Miami posted a temperature of 101.1 degrees. For comparison, the “ideal” temperature of a hot tub is 100 to 102 degrees.
that it’s not clear if the temperature is valid because of “contamination of the measurement by land effects and organic matter in the water.”However, the Manatee Bay buoy temperature reading was among several extreme values in South Florida’s offshore waters.
To the southwest, a buoy near Johnson Key topped out at 98.4 degrees. The temperature hovered at or above 98 degrees for several hours during the evening. A majority of buoys in the area reached or surpassed 95 degrees during the day. In fact, the average of the two dozen observation locations in and around Florida Bay was right around 96 degrees during the early evening.that “sunlit shallow water surrounded by dark land can have [a sea surface temperature] that exceeds the air temperature.”The extreme ocean heat comes amid Florida’s hottest July on record. Miami, Key West, Naples, Tampa and many other cities are seeing their toastiest July.
Meanwhile, overnight low temperatures have averaged 80 to 83 degrees over the past several weeks in these areas — allowing ocean temperatures to remain extremely warm.Scorching waters off South Florida are only one of several regions in the Northern Hemisphere experiencing a marine heat wave, according to theOther ocean hot spots include the Mediterranean Sea,
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