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river vs sea water?

rothai · 2011-12-09 12:10:08

which is colder this time of year? i think the sea is around 8ish this time of year. probably varies by a degree from north to south. roughly what temp are we talking about for the rivers?

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09-12-2011 1:10pm

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rothai

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which is colder this time of year? i think the sea is around 8ish this time of year. probably varies by a degree from north to south. roughly what temp are we talking about for the rivers?

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#2 11-12-2011 10:43pm
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Last week in the cold snap typical river was 4-5 degrees.

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#3 12-12-2011 7:41pm
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Sea surface temperatures around Ireland are about 11C on average at the moment.
http://weather.unisys.com/surface/sst.gif
http://www.met.ie/latest/buoy.asp

I'd imagine river water would be significantly cooler than that most of the time in December.

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#4 13-12-2011 5:34pm
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River water is definately colder at this time of year; the sea is a larger body of water and takes longer to adjust the overall temperature, whereas the rivers are smaller volumes which are more affected by the surrounding temperatures i.e. sun (lol), air temperature and ground temperature

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