I know weather has an effect on water temperature, but if you could provide more detail about it that would be helpful :)
Also links if you can, and if you can find any newspaper articles about water temperature, that would be a lifesaver.
Thanks :)|||I think you%26#039;re asking for a lot (you could be doing this research yourself) but here are some things to get you started:
1. The amount of sun. The sun heats the water, so generally when it%26#039;s sunny the water will warm up.
2. The amount of upwelling. Along many coasts (especially west coasts) there is a wind that blows parallel to the shore. The Coriolis Force deflects the water away from the coast, and it%26#039;s replaced by colder water from down below.
3. Internal waves. There are waves that travel around the ocean that you don%26#039;t see--they are partly what explains El Nino. A couple types of these waves are Kelvin and Rossby. When one of these waves comes through an area, you wouldn%26#039;t see it on the surface, but it may bring cold water up or push warm water down.
4. Evaporation. If a dry wind is blowing across the ocean, you can get strong evaporation which removes heat from the ocean and cools it down.
There are others, but this should be enough to get you started. You can find the references you want by searching using some of the terms I mentioned.|||SUN. DUH!|||The above answer is correct. Evaporation is actually a very important factor in hot, dry climates. I remember in the Middle East a few years ago, they had massive fish kills when the sea water overheated. The reason was a low pressure system had parked itself over land in the middle of August and was preventing the normal offshore flow that occurs. The humidity topped out for several days and the surface water temperature rose to over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. It was normally about 92 to 93 degrees.|||Water temperature changes only with weather changes, I believe.
Water has a very slow temperature change.
For example, lets say it%26#039;s about 40 degrees for a month straight. The water will eventually turn to 40 degrees. Then if you go a week with it being 100 degrees, the water may rise to about 45 degrees, but it won%26#039;t get to the 100 degrees for a longer time.
I know this isn%26#039;t a great example, but it%26#039;s all I got. =P
It%26#039;s great for cold-blooded animals, because they can%26#039;t survive in cold-water temperatures. They rely on the warmth of the water to keep them warm, becasue, unlink mammals, they can%26#039;t produce warmth on their own. Once the water starts to get colder, they can swim down deeper to warmer waters, or swim away.
