Friday, 21. August 2009
Topic: NATURE - on August 21, 2009 at 11:46:00 AM CEST
In hot water: World sets ocean temperature record
The average water temperature worldwide was 62.6 degrees, according to the National Climatic Data Center, the branch of the U.S. government that keeps world weather records. That was 1.1 degree higher than the 20th century average, and beat the previous high set in 1998 by a couple hundredths of a degree. The coolest recorded ocean temperature was 59.3 degrees in December 1909.
