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Lower Potomac River - Ragged Point (LE2.2)
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Location:
At Ragged Point Near the Mouth of the Potomac River
Coordinates
(NAD83):
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38.1668º |
| Longitude: |
-76.5830º |
Description:
This station is a tidally influenced mesohaline (salinity 5 to 18 ppt) site in the mid-channel of the Potomac River with an approximate depth of 30 feet.
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Current Parameter:
Salinity
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The yellow shaded area
represents the range of monthly mean values that have occurred from 1985 to 2012. The blue line shows the monthly mean values for each month
over that same time period. The red line shows what the current years
conditions are and how they compare to the range and the average values
we've seen.
2013
Surface Water Salinity
Lower Potomac River / Ragged Point (LE2.2)
Legend
Range 1985 to 2012 |
2013 |
Mean |
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Surface Water Salinity (ppt)
Lower Potomac River / Ragged Point (LE2.2) |
| Month |
Minimum |
Mean |
Maximum |
2012 |
2013 |
| January |
4.02
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11.83
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18.26
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4.30
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12.20
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| February |
4.00
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10.96
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18.55
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7.10
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10.60
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| March |
2.98
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9.04
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18.28
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7.00
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10.30
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| April |
3.36
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8.39
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16.66
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7.10
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10.80
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| May |
3.10
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7.78
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12.47
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10.20
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5.00
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| June |
4.20
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8.52
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12.63
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9.60
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| July |
7.26
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10.55
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13.83
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13.40
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| August |
6.11
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11.85
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15.07
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13.70
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| September |
7.12
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12.82
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16.41
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13.30
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| October |
7.01
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13.23
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16.46
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15.90
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| November |
7.26
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13.07
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17.04
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14.00
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| December |
4.09
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12.75
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18.07
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13.00
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NOTE:
Results displayed are provisional and have not undergone full Quality
Assurance procedures. Although Maryland DNR believes the data presented
here are correct, we cannot guarantee their accuracy at this time.
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