Table 2.1 Water temperature (oC) at the Lower Cape Fear River Program stations for the 2001-2002 monitoring period.
| DWQ# | 72 | 73 | 75 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 93 | DWQ# | 59 | 74 | 61 | 92 | 71 | 85 | 70 | 84 | ||
| month | NAV | HB | BRR | M61 | M54 | M42 | M35 | M23 | M18 | SPD | month | NC11 | LVC | AC | DP | BBT | IC | NCF6 | B210 | NCF117 | |
| JUL | 28.4 | 28.9 | 30.0 | 29.2 | 30.2 | 29.3 | 29.6 | 29.1 | 28.8 | 29.1 | JUL | 28.4 | 28.2 | 28.7 | 28.9 | 28.7 | 29.0 | 28.7 | 27.0 | 28.2 | |
| AUG | 28.8 | 31.0 | 31.1 | 29.8 | 30.6 | 30.1 | 30.5 | 29.5 | 29.6 | 29.8 | AUG | 29.1 | 29.1 | 30.2 | 28.5 | 28.3 | 29.1 | 29.7 | 27.8 | 28.2 | |
| SEP | 26.4 | 26.9 | 26.5 | 26.9 | 27.0 | 27.4 | 27.7 | 26.6 | 26.9 | 26.5 | SEP | 26.5 | 26.1 | 26.4 | 25.7 | 25.4 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 23.7 | 25.2 | |
| OCT | 22.0 | 22.5 | 21.9 | 22.0 | 21.5 | 21.1 | 21.1 | 20.5 | 22.0 | 20.7 | OCT | 22.0 | 21.8 | 22.4 | 21.4 | 21.3 | 22.0 | 22.6 | 18.1 | 22.0 | |
| NOV | 16.1 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 15.9 | 16.1 | 16.3 | 15.0 | NOV | 16.2 | 15.9 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 16.4 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 13.4 | 17.2 | |
| DEC | 18.0 | 17.9 | 17.6 | 18.6 | 18.0 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 17.8 | 17.7 | 17.9 | DEC | 15.7 | 15.6 | 15.8 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 16.9 | 17.5 | 14.8 | 17.0 | |
| JAN | 8.3 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.2 | JAN | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 9.5 | 7.2 | 7.5 | |
| FEB | 11.0 | 11.2 | 10.9 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 11.9 | FEB | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 12.2 | 9.6 | 10.9 | |
| MAR | 13.6 | 13.7 | 13.9 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 14.0 | 13.7 | 14.7 | MAR | 12.6 | 12.9 | 13.3 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 14.7 | 14.4 | 14.2 | |
| APR | 17.7 | 18.3 | 17.7 | 18.1 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 18.1 | 17.5 | 17.4 | 17.9 | APR | 17.4 | 17.7 | 17.5 | 17.7 | 17.7 | 17.5 | 18.7 | 17.3 | 18.5 | |
| MAY | 23.6 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 23.6 | 23.6 | 23.0 | 22.6 | 22.5 | 22.3 | 23.3 | MAY | 23.9 | 23.9 | 24.0 | 23.7 | 23.4 | 23.9 | 24.0 | 22.0 | 23.3 | |
| JUN | 26.7 | 27.0 | 26.8 | 27.3 | 27.2 | 27.2 | 27.2 | 26.8 | 26.6 | 27.8 | JUN | 27.0 | 27.4 | 27.8 | 27.7 | 27.4 | 27.4 | 27.5 | 28.5 | 27.2 | |
| mean | 20.1 | 20.6 | 20.4 | 20.5 | 20.6 | 20.5 | 20.6 | 20.3 | 20.4 | 20.4 | mean | 19.5 | 19.5 | 19.9 | 19.8 | 19.7 | 20.1 | 20.8 | 18.7 | 20.0 | |
| std dev | 6.7 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.6 | std dev | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 6.6 | |
| max | 28.8 | 31.0 | 31.1 | 29.8 | 30.6 | 30.1 | 30.5 | 29.5 | 29.6 | 29.8 | max | 29.1 | 29.1 | 30.2 | 28.9 | 28.7 | 29.1 | 29.7 | 28.5 | 28.2 | |
| min | 8.3 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.2 | min | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 9.5 | 7.2 | 7.5 | |
| DWQ# | 69 | 79 | 78 | 94 | 77 | 80 | 81 | 83 | 82 | DWQ# | 65 | 64 | 63 | 62 | 66 | 67 | 68 | All stations | |||
| month | ANC | SAR | GS | NC403 | PB | LRC | ROC | BC117 | BCRR | month | 6RC | LCO | GCO | SR | BRN | HAM | COL | mean | |||
| JUL | 23.4 | 24.4 | 25.0 | 25.7 | 27.9 | 31.5 | 25.8 | 26.1 | 23.9 | JUL | 26.2 | 26.4 | 25.6 | 25.0 | 27.4 | 25.4 | 26.2 | 27.6 | |||
| AUG | 25.1 | 24.9 | 25.5 | 25.9 | 26.4 | 30.8 | 27.0 | 26.6 | 23.5 | AUG | 28.0 | 28.1 | 26.9 | 26.2 | 27.7 | 26.1 | 27.9 | 28.2 | |||
| SEP | 24.3 | 24.2 | 23.7 | 24.5 | 24.4 | 25.8 | 25.2 | 24.7 | 23.9 | SEP | 24.3 | 24.2 | 24.2 | 23.6 | 25.3 | 23.9 | 24.6 | 25.5 | |||
| OCT | 16.7 | 16.6 | 16.3 | 16.8 | 16.9 | 16.1 | 16.4 | 18.1 | 16.2 | OCT | 17.2 | 17.6 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 19.1 | 16.3 | 18.2 | 19.5 | |||
| NOV | 13.6 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.4 | 14.3 | 14.5 | 17.3 | 13.3 | NOV | 10.2 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 14.6 | |||
| DEC | 12.5 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 14.1 | 13.0 | 15.7 | 12.9 | DEC | 11.7 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 11.5 | 13.1 | 12.1 | 13.3 | 15.2 | |||
| JAN | 7.2 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 6.7 | JAN | 7.1 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 8.7 | 7.7 | |||
| FEB | 11.2 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 11.2 | FEB | 8.5 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 9.2 | 10.5 | |||
| MAR | 14.6 | 13.9 | 14.5 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 14.6 | 14.8 | 11.3 | 10.9 | MAR | 14.3 | 14.1 | 14.4 | 13.8 | 16.2 | 15.3 | 16.7 | 13.9 | |||
| APR | 14.9 | 14.5 | 15.6 | 13.7 | 14.0 | 14.9 | 13.9 | 12.3 | 10.8 | APR | 20.0 | 20.8 | 20.6 | 20.3 | 22.5 | 20.5 | 21.9 | 17.4 | |||
| MAY | 18.2 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 17.7 | 18.7 | 18.6 | 17.2 | 17.3 | 14.8 | MAY | 23.6 | 23.6 | 22.1 | 23.6 | 24.1 | 21.6 | 23.4 | 21.9 | |||
| JUN | 22.9 | 26.6 | 26.9 | 25.5 | 28.1 | 32.5 | 28.3 | 27.0 | 23.6 | JUN | 25.7 | 26.0 | 25.4 | 28.3 | 27.5 | 25.3 | 29.1 | 27.1 | |||
| mean | 17.1 | 17.3 | 17.7 | 17.2 | 17.5 | 19.4 | 17.9 | 18.0 | 16.0 | mean | 18.1 | 18.2 | 17.8 | 17.9 | 19.4 | 17.7 | 19.1 | 19.1 | |||
| std dev | 5.5 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 7.3 | 8.2 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 5.9 | std dev | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 7.2 | ||||
| max | 25.1 | 26.6 | 26.9 | 25.9 | 28.1 | 32.5 | 28.3 | 27.0 | 23.9 | max | 28.0 | 28.1 | 26.9 | 28.3 | 27.7 | 26.1 | 29.1 | 32.5 | |||
| min | 7.2 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 6.7 | min | 7.1 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 8.7 | 4.5 |