Table 2.1  Water temperature (ºC ) at the Lower Cape Fear River Program stations for the 1999-2000 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

JUN

27.1

27.4

29.0

28.5

27.3

27.4

27.4

26.9

26.3

26.9

JUN

27.7

27.4

27.6

28.0

27.2

27.4

27.5

27.9

27.2

JUL

27.6

28.2

28.5

28.3

28.1

28.1

28.2

28.0

28.1

27.7

JUL

27.7

23.4

27.1

26.6

26.8

27.5

27.5

25.1

27.5

AUG

30.4

31.7

31.4

30.8

30.5

30.9

30.0

29.9

29.5

29.7

AUG

31.1

30.3

31.4

30.5

30.7

31.3

31.9

29.1

30.1

SEP

24.8

25.1

26.0

25.9

25.9

25.8

25.8

26.0

26.2

26.4

SEP

24.5

24.9

24.9

26.1

27.1

26.3

25.0

26.1

24.6

OCT

21.4

21.4

21.5

21.8

21.7

21.8

21.8

22.5

22.5

23.4

OCT

20.0

20.3

20.0

20.0

20.5

20.3

21.1

20.8

21.4

NOV

15.8

15.9

16.1

16.1

16.4

16.2

16.4

16.6

17.0

16.7

NOV

16.1

17.7

16.4

16.4

16.4

16.7

16.6

16.3

16.5

DEC

11.4

12.3

11.6

12.8

12.3

13.0

13.7

13.5

14.2

13.8

DEC

10.5

10.4

10.9

10.9

11.1

11.2

12.5

9.5

12.0

JAN

9.3

9.7

10.0

10.2

10.6

11.3

12.1

12.8

13.0

13.4

JAN

9.2

9.3

9.2

9.8

10.2

9.8

11.1

11.6

9.8

FEB

5.7

5.9

5.8

5.8

6.1

5.8

6.1

7.3

8.4

7.3

FEB

5.3

6.8

5.3

5.5

6.3

6.0

6.6

6.2

6.8

MAR

13.7

13.9

13.8

14.3

14.4

14.4

14.9

14.8

13.6

13.7

MAR

12.6

13.0

12.7

13.3

14.0

15.2

15.3

15.1

15.2

APR

17.5

17.6

19.8

17.4

18.1

17.8

18.0

18.2

17.7

18.1

APR

16.6

17.6

16.7

17.2

17.8

17.8

17.9

16.5

17.8

MAY

19.8

20.2

20.7

20.5

20.5

21.1

21.2

20.8

20.1

20.7

MAY

18.5

19.0

18.5

18.8

19.8

19.3

19.9

19.6

18.7

mean

18.7

19.1

19.5

19.4

19.3

19.5

19.6

19.8

19.7

19.8

mean

18.3

18.3

18.4

18.6

19.0

19.1

19.4

18.7

19.0

std dev

7.5

7.6

7.9

7.6

7.4

7.4

7.1

6.8

6.5

6.8

std dev

7.8

7.1

7.8

7.6

7.5

7.6

7.2

7.1

7.1

max

30.4

31.7

31.4

30.8

30.5

30.9

30.0

29.9

29.5

29.7

max

31.1

30.3

31.4

30.5

30.7

31.3

31.9

29.1

30.1

min

5.7

5.9

5.8

5.8

6.1

5.8

6.1

7.3

8.4

7.3

min

5.3

6.8

5.3

5.5

6.3

6.0

6.6

6.2

6.8

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

JUN

26.4

28.0

26.4

25.3

28.1

24.7

26.7

25.0

24.9

JUN

23.7

23.7

23.4

22.8

24.2

23.7

26.0

26.4

JUL

24.0

24.3

24.4

23.8

22.6

22.6

24.9

24.7

23.0

JUL

22.5

22.3

22.0

21.4

20.9

21.4

22.5

25.4

AUG

27.7

27.9

27.1

25.9

27.0

27.1

27.8

27.6

25.9

AUG

24.5

24.6

24.8

25.1

24.3

25.7

28.2

28.6

SEP

24.7

25.1

25.3

25.6

26.7

25.3

25.7

25.5

25.3

SEP

23.8

23.7

23.5

22.7

24.2

24.2

24.5

25.2

OCT

21.2

21.0

21.0

21.1

21.8

22.5

21.5

23.1

22.3

OCT

19.0

18.3

19.1

18.9

18.2

17.8

18.9

20.9

NOV

18.5

17.2

19.0

17.5

18.3

17.6

16.5

16.8

16.4

NOV

17.4

17.5

18.0

17.5

18.9

18.0

17.6

17.0

DEC

7.7

7.1

7.4

8.6

9.0

11.4

9.8

12.3

8.6

DEC

9.6

9.5

11.0

10.5

11.9

10.9

11.6

11.0

JAN

8.3

8.6

7.3

9.1

7.6

10.8

11.0

10.5

8.5

JAN

9.0

9.1

10.2

9.7

10.9

10.4

10.4

10.1

FEB

9.9

7.4

8.2

7.4

6.7

7.7

7.3

7.8

7.6

FEB

5.9

5.5

5.8

5.5

7.0

7.0

6.4

6.6

MAR

14.6

16.2

16.1

16.1

16.4

19.4

17.0

18.5

14.4

MAR

11.1

12.0

11.9

12.3

13.6

13.3

14.4

14.4

APR

13.5

13.3

14.0

15.1

15.6

21.3

16.7

18.9

13.7

APR

19.1

19.7

19.8

18.6

19.3

19.0

19.2

17.5

MAY

16.2

17.1

18.5

18.0

19.9

21.3

19.9

19.9

18.5

MAY

18.6

18.8

18.8

17.4

23.5

19.0

18.4

19.5

mean

17.7

17.8

17.9

17.8

18.3

19.3

18.7

19.2

17.4

mean

17.0

17.1

17.4

16.9

18.1

17.5

18.2

18.6

std dev

6.8

7.3

7.1

6.5

7.2

6.0

6.6

6.1

6.6

std dev

6.2

6.2

5.9

5.8

5.7

5.7

6.3

7.0

max

27.7

28.0

27.1

25.9

28.1

27.1

27.8

27.6

25.9

max

24.5

24.6

24.8

25.1

24.3

25.7

28.2

31.9

min

7.7

7.1

7.3

7.4

6.7

7.7

7.3

7.8

7.6

min

5.9

5.5

5.8

5.5

7.0

7.0

6.4

5.3