Water Temperatures and Climatology for Wachapreague, VA, 1982-2021

Daily average measured near-surface water temperature from 1982-2021 constructed for the site in the Virginia coastal bays where the NOAA Wachapreague station is located (Site CBW (Coastal Bay Wachapreague); 37.61N, 75.69W; water depth 1m) and for a site in the coastal ocean just outside the bays (Site COC (Coastal Ocean CHLV2); 36.91N, 75.71W; water depth 15m). Daily climatological mean temperature and marine heatwave threshold (90th percentile) calculated using 30 years of the record (1987-2016) are also provided.