Florida records highest water temperature ever
 

This is starting to get a little concerning especially with the hurricane season getting ready to ramp up....

Florida just had the hottest recorded ocean temperature. Here’s what that means for the environment

Hot in Florida in July- who woulda thunk it ?

Bad news for the coral reefs.

You might say bad news for Florida and other coastal areas of the United States.

You just don't understand we're in a 9 year cooling trend.

Ever?

Ever is a long time.

Why not just "since the temperature of the oceans has been systematically recorded"? Which I couldn't find in the linked "study".

Rule of thumb: Whenever I see words like "always", "never", "everybody", etc. etc. as part of anything purporting to be science, I automatically discount it as emotional hype. I guess we can add "ever" to that list.

Hopefully, no storms will form because of el nino and the Sahara dust. If any do form, TROUBLE! Hurricanes thrive in warm waters and are usually quite large. Not something I am wanting to experience.

Not THIS hot!!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weath...ssee-drought/#

I guess you can dismiss as emotional hype all you want. Thermometers don't lie!

Cool
 

Interesting Sarcasm.

Indeed!

I wasn't questioning the accuracy of the thermometers. I was only questioning how long those thermometers have been employed.

Bet there will be snow and cold in Minnesota this winter as well

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Manatee Bay isn't the open ocean. It's a mostly enclosed body of water. The surface temperature was measured, and that will always be warmer in the summer when the sun's out, than any of the water beneath the surface temperature. If this was a measurement of the water 3" below the surface say, halfway between Key Largo and the Bahamas, then it'd be newsworthy.

There is always going to be changes. The problem is, a lot of this change is natural and there is nothing we can do about it.