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Surface temperatures in the western North Atlantic: Most of the North American landmass is black and dark blue (cold), while the Gulf Stream is red (warm). Source: NASA The Gulf Stream is a warm and swift Atlantic ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and flows through the Straits of Florida and up the eastern coastline of the United States, then veers east near 36°N latitude ...
Annual variations in monthly average water temperatures at the surface do not exceed 3 °C (5.4 °F). Over the past 50 years, the Caribbean has gone through three stages: cooling until 1974, a cold phase with peaks during 1974–1976 and 1984–1986, and finally a warming phase with an increase in temperature of 0.6 °C (1.1 °F) per year.
Clearwater Beach. Coordinates: 27°58′48″N 82°49′38″W. Sunset on Clearwater Beach. Clearwater Beach includes a resort area and a residential area on a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico in Pinellas County on the west-central coast of Florida, United States. Located just west over the Intracoastal Waterway by way of the Clearwater ...
The Guadalupe River ( / ˌɡwɑːdəˈlup /) [ 4] ( Spanish pronunciation: [gwaðaˈlupe]) runs from Kerr County, Texas, to San Antonio Bay on the Gulf of Mexico, with an average temperature of 17.75 degrees Celsius (63.95 degrees Fahrenheit). [ 5] It is a popular destination for rafting, fly fishing, and canoeing.
The 1900 Galveston hurricane, [ 1] also known as the Great Galveston hurricane and the Galveston Flood, and known regionally as the Great Storm of 1900 or the 1900 Storm, [ 2][ 3] is the deadliest natural disaster in United States history. [ 4] The strongest storm of the 1900 Atlantic hurricane season, it left between 6,000 and 12,000 ...
The Gulf of Mexico ( Spanish: Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, [ 2] mostly surrounded by the North American continent. [ 3] It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States; on the southwest and south by the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco ...
Gulf Shores is located on the Gulf of Mexico, and is the southernmost settlement in the state of Alabama. [ 2 ] It is served by Alabama State Route 59 (Gulf Shores Parkway), which leads north to Foley. Route 182 (Beach Boulevard) runs east-west along the shore front, while Route 180 (Fort Morgan Road) runs parallel to it, north of Little Lagoon.
Gulf of Mexico water temperatures range from near 70 F along the Louisiana coast to the low 80s in the waters between Cuba and Mexico. Temperature departures are 5-8 degrees above the historical ...