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Chesapeake Bay Mainstem - Gunpowder Neck (CB3.1)
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Location:
Southeast of Gunpowder Neck
Coordinates
(NAD83):
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39.2484º |
| Longitude: |
-76.2380º |
Description:
This station is a mid-channel site located in the upper Chesapeake Bay, southeast of Gunpowder Neck. The station marks the lower limit of the salinity transition zone, and is in the oligohaline zone (salinity 0.5 to 5 ppt). The station has an approximate depth of 11 meters.
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Current Parameter:
Water Temperature
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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.
To
convert temperature to Fahrenheit, use the conversion
tool below.
2013
Surface Water Temperature
Chesapeake Bay Mainstem / Gunpowder Neck (CB3.1)
Legend
Range 1985 to 2012 |
2013 |
Mean |
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Surface Water Temperature (°F)
Chesapeake Bay Mainstem / Gunpowder Neck (CB3.1) |
| Month |
Minimum |
Mean |
Maximum |
2012 |
2013 |
| January |
32.00
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36.59
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41.90
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39.38
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40.46
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| February |
31.28
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36.26
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40.64
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39.74
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36.86
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| March |
36.68
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42.39
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48.38
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48.38
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43.34
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| April |
46.40
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52.16
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58.28
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58.28
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59.00
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| May |
55.85
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63.31
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72.32
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66.74
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62.78
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| June |
66.92
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73.58
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78.44
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73.49
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| July |
75.29
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79.51
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82.22
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81.23
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| August |
75.11
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78.81
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81.95
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81.77
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| September |
63.50
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73.02
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78.80
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73.94
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| October |
55.76
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62.10
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67.28
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62.06
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| November |
43.70
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51.34
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56.66
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50.00
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| December |
33.62
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42.07
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51.62
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46.04
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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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