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Decade Comparisons:Sea Surface Temperature at Race Rocks-

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Link to Race Rocks Mean Monthly Sea Temperature 1921-present,

Monthly temperature averages in degrees Celsius for Race Rocks
1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 Average Month
Jan 6.4 7.1 7.1 6.6 7.8 7.6 6.9 7.1 6.5 7.0 Jan
Feb 7.1 6.1 6.4 7.3 6.9 8 7.4 7.3 6.3 6.6 6.9 Feb
Mar 7.3 6.6 6.7 7.7 7.3 8.6 7.8 7.8 7.1 7.1 7.4 Mar
Apr 7.7 7.5 7.6 7.9 8 9.2 8 8.6 7.8 8.2 8.1 Apr
May 8.5 8.3 8.6 9 9.2 10.1 8.8 9.7 9 9.3 9.1 May
June 9.5 9.5 9.3 9.8 10.1 10.7 9.8 10.2 9.8 10 9.9 June
Jul 10.3 10.5 10.3 10.5 11.1 11.1 10.5 10.8 10.8 10.6 10.7 Jul
Aug 10.5 10.3 10.5 10.3 10.8 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.8 10.8 10.7 Aug
Sept 10.3 10.2 10.6 10.2 10.2 10.5 10.3 10.3 10.7 10.6 10.4 Sept
Oct 9.8 9.3 9.6 9.2 9.2 9.8 9.7 9.2 9.8 9.4 9.5 Oct
Nov 9.1 8.4 8.7 8.8 8.3 9.1 8.6 8.6 8.8 8.6 8.7 Nov
Dec 8.2 7.1 7.9 7.3 8.2 8.5 7.6 7.9 7.8 8 7.9 Dec
8.8 Decade
average
Average
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Jan 8.2 8.2 7.7 8.7 8 7.5 7.9 8.1 8.8 7.8 8.1 Jan
Feb 8.6 7.8 7.9 9.2 7.8 7.7 7.7 7.9 8.5 7.9 8.1 Feb
Mar 8.8 8.4 8.1 9.7 8.1 8.1 8.1 7.7 8.7 8.3 8.4 Feb
Apr 9.2 9.2 9 9.9 8.9 9.1 8.7 8.7 9.2 9.1 9.1 Apr
May 10.2 10 10.3 10.4 9.5 10 9.7 9.4 9.9 10.4 10.0 May
June 11.2 10.4 10.9 11.4 10.4 11.1 10.6 10.5 10.9 11 10.8 June
Jul 11.8 11.5 11.7 11.7 11.1 11.3 11.3 11.2 11.3 11.8 11.5 Jul
Aug 11.5 11.5 12.2 12.3 11.5 11.7 11.4 11.7 11.4 11.9 11.7 Aug
Sept 11.3 10.5 11.6 12.1 11.9 11.4 11.4 11.3 11.4 11.2 11.4 Sept
Oct 10.2 9.9 11.3 10.7 10.1 10.3 10.2 10 10.9 10.6 10.4 Oct
Nov 9.4 8.7 9.9 9.8 9 9 9.2 9 9 9.4 9.2 Nov
Dec 8.9 7.6 9.3 9 8.5 8 8.3 8.8 8.5 8.6 8.6 Dec
9.8 Decade
Average
This analysis has been done by Garry Fletcher using the monthly averages of the daily temperatures.
See this file for the complete set of monthly data1921 to present
The following is a comparison between 1951-1960 and 2001-2010

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
1951 7.5 6.9 6.7 8.1 9.2 10.2 10.4 11.1 10.9 9.5 8.5 7.7
1952 6.9 7.1 7.6 8.2 9 9.6 10.4 10.5 10.2 9.8 8.6 7.9
1953 7.8 7.9 7.6 8.1 9.3 9.8 10.6 11 10.6 9.9 9.3 8.5
1954 7.1 7.3 7.5 7.9 8.7 9.3 9.9 10 10 9.4 9.1 8.4
1955 7.5 7.1 6.7 7.5 8.4 9.3 9.8 10.2 10 8.9 7.5 6.6
1956 6.7 6.4 6.3 7.6 8.7 9.6 10.2 10.4 10.1 9.2 8.1 7.1
1957 6.3 6.2 7.2 8.1 9.3 10 10.3 10.5 10.5 9.8 8.8 8.3
1958 8 8.3 8.6 9.3 10.3 10.7 11.5 11.5 11 9.9 8.7 8.1
1959 7.6 7.4 7.9 9.1 9.7 10.4 11.3 11 10.4 9.7 8.3 7.8
1960 7.1 7.5 7.5 8.6 9.6 10.3 11.4 10.8 10.1 9.5 8.6 7.9
Mean 7.25 7.21 7.36 8.25 9.22 9.92 10.58 10.7 10.38 9.56 8.55 7.83

2001 7.9 7.7 8.1 8.7 9.7 10.6 11.3 11.4 11.4 10.2 9.2 8.3
2002 8.1 7.9 7.7 8.7 9.4 10.5 11.2 11.7 11.3 10 9 8.8
2003 8.8 8.5 8.7 9.2 9.9 10.9 11.3 11.4 11.4 10.9 9 8.5
2004 7.8 7.9 8.3 9.1 10.4 11 11.8 11.9 11.2 10.6 9.4 8.6
2005 7.7 8 8.8 9.4 10.7 11.2 11.6 12.1 11.5 10.4 9.5 8.3
2006 8.61 8.49 8.41 8.75 10.08 10.86 11.66 12.09 11.49 10.55 9.29 8.5
2007 7.8 7.9 7.9 9 10 10.2 11.2 11.6 11 10 9 8
2008 7.46 7.33 7.68 8.06 9.36 9.77 10.84 11.3 11.16 10.14 9.39 7.87
2009 7.29 7.2 7.5 8.4 9.54 10.4 11.4 11.74 11.8 10.5 9 7
2010 8.11 8.68 9.12 8.96 9.54 10.36 11.16 11.93 11.08 10.37 8.98 8.5
Mean 7.95 7.96 8.22 8.82 9.862 10.58 11.34 11.71 11.33 10.36 9.17 8.24

Monthly Means
2001-2010 1951-1960
Jan 7.96 7.25
Feb 7.96 7.21
Mar 8.22 7.36
Apr 8.83 8.25
May 9.86 9.22
June 10.58 9.92
july 11.34 10.58
Aug 11.71 10.7
Sept 11.33 10.38
Oct 10.36 9.56
Nov 9.17 8.55
Dec 8.24 7.83

See also https://www.env.gov.bc.ca/soe/indicators/climate-change/sea-surface-temperature.html

Archive of Seawater Temperature Data 1921 to present

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Note, The blanks for the years 1940-41 are due to the Second World War. Apparently during that time, data was not collected by a lightkeeper.Original data was sent by the Lightkeepers and now by the Marine Protected Area Guardian of Race Rocks to the Institute of Ocean Sciences where it is compiled and displayed at
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/oceans/data-donnees/lighthouses-phares/index-eng.htm
Decade analysis by G. Fletcher.. NOTE probable evidence of climate change
Race Rocks Light Station: 48.2996 123.5318

 

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1921  — 7.13 7.39 7.75 8.53 9.57 10.31 10.53 10.35 9.88 9.21 8.25
1922 6.4 6.1 6.6 7.5 8.3 9.5 10.5 10.3 10.2 9.3 8.4 7.1
1923 7.1 6.4 6.7 7.6 8.6 9.3 10.3 10.5 10.6 9.6 8.7 7.9
1924 7.1 7.3 7.7 7.9 9 9.8 10.5 10.3 10.2 9.2 8.8 7.3
1925 6.6 6.9 7.3 8 9.2 10.1 11.1 10.8 10.2 9.2 8.3 8.2
1926 7.8 8 8.6 9.2 10.1 10.7 11.1 10.9 10.5 9.8 9.1 8.5
1927 7.6 7.4 7.8 8 8.8 9.8 10.5 10.9 10.3 9.7 8.6 7.6
1928 6.9 7.3 7.8 8.6 9.7 10.2 10.8 10.9 10.3 9.2 8.6 7.9
1929 7.1 6.3 7.1 7.8 9 9.8 10.8 10.8 10.7 9.8 8.8 7.8
1930 6.5 6.6 7.1 8.2 9.3 10 10.6 10.8 10.6 9.4 8.6 8
1931 7.8 7.8 8.2 8.8 9.9 10.6 11.5 11.1 10.7 9.6 8.6 7.7
1932 7.1 6.8 7.3 8.2 9.3 10.4 10.8 10.9 10.7 9.6 8.9 7.7
1933 7.1 6.7 7.1 8 9.1 10.2 10.5 11.5 10.1 9.6 8.6 7.7
1934 7.8 7.9 8.3 9.2 10 10.8 10.9 11.6 10.7 9.7 9.2 8.4
1935 7.2 7.2 7.5 7.8 9.2 10.1 10.5 10.5 10.7 9.7 8.2 8.1
1936 7.9 6.7 7 7.8 9.3 10.4 11.3 11.3 10.5 10.1 8.6 7.9
1937 6.6 6.4 7.7 8.7 9.9 10.9 11.7 11.5 10.9 9.9 8.5 8.1
1938 7.4 7.2 8.1 9.4 10.6 12.3 12.7 11.9 11 9.9 8.6 7.5
1939 7.4 6.6 7.1 8.6 10.3 11.4 12.2 11.1 11.4 9.7  –< 8.5
1940 7.98 8.28 9.06 10.09 11.49 11.69 — — — — — —
1941 — — — — 10.87 10.54 11.29 11-05 10.66 9.97 9.07 8.60
1942 7.9 7.9 7.8 8.5 9.6 9.8 10.5 11 10.3 9.5 8.4 7.9
1943 6.8 6.7 7.1 8.2 8.8 10 10.3 10.6 10.3 9.6 9 8.1
1944 7.7 7.5 7.3 8 9.2 10.5 11 10.9 10.5 9.6 9.2 8.1
1945 7.8 7.7 7.6 8 8.8 9.8 10.1 10.5 10 9.5 8.1 8.1
1946 7.7 7.3 7.7 8.1 9.4 10.2 10.7 10.8 10.3 9.4 8.1 7.7
1947 7.1 7 7.7 8.4 9.5 10.4 10.6 10.9 10.5 9.9 9.1 7.9
1948 7.5 6.9 7.2 7.9 9 10.2 10.8 10.7 10.4 9.5 8.2 7
1949 6.1 6.1 6.9 8.3 9.4 10.1 10.3 10.2 10.5 9.5 8.7 7.8
1950 6.2 5.8 6.6 7.7 8.7 9.4 10.1 10.4 10.3 9.3 8.5 8
1951 7.5 6.9 6.7 8.1 9.2 10.2 10.4 11.1 10.9 9.5 8.5 7.7
1952 6.9 7.1 7.6 8.2 9 9.6 10.4 10.5 10.2 9.8 8.6 7.9
1953 7.8 7.9 7.6 8.1 9.3 9.8 10.6 11 10.6 9.9 9.3 8.5
1954 7.1 7.3 7.5 7.9 8.7 9.3 9.9 10 10 9.4 9.1 8.4
1955 7.5 7.1 6.7 7.5 8.4 9.3 9.8 10.2 10 8.9 7.5 6.6
1956 6.7 6.4 6.3 7.6 8.7 9.6 10.2 10.4 10.1 9.2 8.1 7.1
1957 6.3 6.2 7.2 8.1 9.3 10 10.3 10.5 10.5 9.8 8.8 8.3
1958 8 8.3 8.6 9.3 10.3 10.7 11.5 11.5 11 9.9 8.7 8.1
1959 7.6 7.4 7.9 9.1 9.7 10.4 11.3 11 10.4 9.7 8.3 7.8
1960 7.1 7.5 7.5 8.6 9.6 10.3 11.4 10.8 10.1 9.5 8.6 7.9
1961 7.9 8.2 8.4 8.8 9.4 10.3 10.9 11.3 10.6 9.4 8.2 7.5
1962 7.2 7.3 7.3 8.4 9.3 10 10.4 10.5 10.5 10 9.3 8.7
1963 7.5 7.5 7.8 8.5 9.6 10.2 10.5 10.8 10.6 10.3 9.9 8.7
1964 8.2 7.9 7.7 8.2 8.8 9.6 10.3 10.5 10 9.4 8.3 7.4
1965 6.9 7.1 7.2 8 8.8 9.8 10 10.2 10.3 9.7 9.2 8.5
1966 7.7 7.6 7.7 8.5 9 9.1 99.9 10.7 10.1 9.5 8.7 8.6
1967 7.9 7.7 7.6 8.1 8.9 9.6 10.3 10.5 10.5 9.7 9.1 8
1968 7.3 7.3 8 8.3 8.7 9.5 10.2 10.2 10.4 9.3 8.8 7.8
1969 6.5 6.3 7.2 8.1 9.1 10.2 10.4 10.5 9.8 9.2 8.7 8.1
1970 7.5 7.7 7.9 8 8.7 9.6 10.2 10.2 10 9 8.3 7.5
1971 7 6.9 6.7 7.5 8.5 9.1 10 10.6 10.4 9.3 8.3 7.3
1972 6.4 6.2 6.9 7.6 8.8 9.5 10.5 10.6 10.2 9.1 8.4 7.3
1973 7 7.2 7.9 8.4 8.6 9.2 10.1 10.3 10 9.2 8.2 8
1974 7.2 7.2 7.3 8.1 8.5 9.7 10 10.9 10.6 9.7 8.6 8.2
1975 7.3 6.8 7.2 7.7 8.7 9.4 10.2 10.4 10.4 9.6 9.2 7.8
1976 7.2 7 7 7.8 8.7 9.3 10.1 10.1 10 9.4 8.6 8.1
1977 7.6 7.9 8 8.3 8.8 9.7 9.9 10.8 10.3 9.2 8.6 7.9
1978 7.6 7.9 8.3 8.9 9.4 10.3 10.4 10.9 10.5 9.8 8.2 7.3
1979 6.5 6.9 7.5 8.3 9.5 10 10.8 10.7 10.5 9.8 9 8.6
1980 7.7 7.6 7.9 8.6 9.5 9.5 10.6 10.9 10.5 9.9 9.2 8.6
1981 8.3 8.3 8.8 9.2 9.4 9.9 10.3 10.5 10.2 9.7 9.3 8.5
1982 7.2 7.5 8 8.8 9.9 10.7 11.4 11.8 11.4 10.3 8.8 8.3
1983 8.6 8.6 9.3 10 10.6 11.3 11.7 12.4 11.4 10.3 9.5 7.7
1984 7.5 7.8 8.4 9 9.7 10.3 11.4 11.6 10.6 9.7 8.5 6.9
1985 6.8 6.8 7.2 8.2 9.6 10.6 11.5 11.6 10.8 9.6 6.8 6.4
1986 7 6.6 8 8.4 9.4 11 10.9 11.8 10.8 9.8 8.4 7.8
1987 7.6 7.9 8.3 8.9 9.8 10.6 11.1 11.5 11.1 10 9 8.2
1988 7.4 7.5 7.5 8.6 9.6 10.4 11 11.4 10.6 9.6 8.7 7.9
1989 7 5.8 6.8 8.2 9.5 10.7 11.3 11.2 11 9.9 8.9 8.2
1990 8.1 7.7 8.2 9 9.9 10.8 11.8 12.1 12.1 10.7 9.9 8.2
1991 7.1 7.7 7.9 8.4 9.7 9.7 10.8 11 11.2 10.1 8.9 8.3
1992 7.9 8.1 9.5 9.5 10.2 10.7 11.1 11.4 11 10 9.1 7.8
1993 6.7 6.7 7.6 8.6 9.7 10.8 11 11.2 11 10.1 8.5 7.9
1994 8 7.4 8.6 9.3 10.1 10.6 11.6 11.5 11.3 10.7 9.3 8.4
1995 8.2 8.6 8.8 9.2 10.2 11.2 11.8 11.5 11.3 10.2 9.4 8.9
1996 8.2 7.8 8.4 9.2 10 10.4 11.5 11.5 10.5 9.9 8.7 7.6
1997 7.7 7.9 8.1 9 10.3 10.9 11.7 12.2 11.6 11.3 9.9 9.3
1998 8.7 9.2 9.7 9.9 10.4 11.4 11.7 12.3 12.1 10.7 9.8 9
1999 8 7.8 8.1 8.9 9.5 10.4 11.1 11.5 11.9 10.1 9 8.5
2000 7.5 7.7 8.1 9.1 10 11.1 11.3 11.7 11.4 10.3 9 8
2001 7.9 7.7 8.1 8.7 9.7 10.6 11.3 11.4 11.4 10.2 9.2 8.3
2002 8.1 7.9 7.7 8.7 9.4 10.5 11,2 11.7 11.3 10.0 9.0 8.8
2003 8.8 8.5 8.7 9.2 9.9 10.9 11.3 11.4 11.4 10.9 9.0 8.5
2004 7.8 7.9 8.3 9.1 10.4 11.0 11.8 11.9 11.2 10.6 9.4 8.6
2005 7.7 8.0 8.8 9.4 10.7 11.2 11.6 12.1 11.5 10.4 9.5 8.3
2006 8.61 8.49 8.41 8.75 10.08 10.86 11.66 12.09 11.49 10.55 9.29 8.5
2007 7.8 7.9 7.9 9.0 10.0 10.2 11.2 11.6 11.0 10.0 9.0 8.0
2008 7.46 7.33 7.68 8.06 9.36 9.77 10.84 11.30 11.16 10.14 9.39 7.87
2009 7.29 7.20 7.5 8.4 9.54 10.4 11.4 11.74 11.8 10.5 9.0 7.0
2010 8.11 8.68 9.12 8.96 9.54 10.36 11.16 11.93 11.08 10.37 8.98 8.5
2011 7.77 7.49 7.77 8.53 9.32 10.35 10.76 11.38 11.17 10.14< 8.66< 8.01
2012 7.29 7.35 7.63 8.73 9.82 9.76 10.37 10.98 10.92 9.66< 8.85 8.32
2013 7.64 7.44 7.48 8.27 9.05 9.72 10.96 10.76 10.65 10,10 8.69 7.68
2014 7.63 7.25 7.90 8.80 9.72 10.30 10.79 11.36 11.20 10.72 10.14 9.03
2015 8.75 9.00 8.96 9.40 9.88 11.17 11.97 12.23 11.30 10.55 9.61 9.01
2016 8.45 8.77 9.05 9.71 10.21 11.16 11.90 12.52 11.27 10.40 10.42 8.63
2018 8.06 7.71 8.00 8.81 10.31 10.63 11.40 11.50 11.11 `0.27 9,54 8.72
2019 8.45 — — 8.96 10.05 10.87 10.98 11.26 10.85 — — —
2020 — — — — — — — — — — — —
2021 — — — — — — — — — — — —
2022 — — — — — — — — — — — —
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