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Chesapeake Bay Mainstem - MD Mid Bay (CB4.2C)
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Location:
Southwest of Tilghman Island
Coordinates
(NAD83):
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38.6448º |
| Longitude: |
-76.4177º |
Description:
This station is a mid-channel site located in the mid Chesapeake Bay, southwest of Tilghman Island. The station is located in the mesohaline zone (salinity 5 to 18 ppt) with an approximate depth of 26 meters. Stations in this section of the Bay monitor water quality of the deep trough near the Choptank River.
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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 / MD Mid Bay (CB4.2C)
Legend
Range 1985 to 2012 |
2013 |
Mean |
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Surface Water Temperature (°F)
Chesapeake Bay Mainstem / MD Mid Bay (CB4.2C) |
| Month |
Minimum |
Mean |
Maximum |
2012 |
2013 |
| January |
32.72
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38.19
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45.50
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42.26
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42.80
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| February |
31.82
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36.77
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41.18
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41.18
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38.12
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| March |
35.78
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42.28
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46.94
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46.94
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42.26
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| April |
48.56
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52.51
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58.64
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58.64
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54.86
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| May |
58.46
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62.74
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70.79
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64.40
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59.90
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| June |
65.30
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73.48
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76.64
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73.58
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| July |
76.55
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79.79
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82.04
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81.68
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| August |
76.82
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79.71
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82.13
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81.50
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| September |
69.98
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74.91
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79.70
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74.48
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| October |
59.72
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65.22
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69.62
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64.58
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| November |
48.92
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54.67
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60.62
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51.80
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| December |
38.84
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45.49
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53.24
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48.38
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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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