Atlantic's Sudden Temperature Dive A Midsummer Mystery for Scientists

[Ivan Seeking]

""During [most of] July, our water temperatures were, I would say, right around normal," said Capt. Butch Arbin, head of the Ocean City Beach Patrol. That's in the low 70s. About two weeks ago, he said, "there was a tremendous change in temperature, [dropping] as much as 10 degrees overnight."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25865-2003Aug6.html

[KLscilevothma]

Heat wave in India (a thread created in March) (http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2717&highlight=heat+India (a thread created in March))

Besides the heat wave in Europe and dramatic change in temperature of sea water in certain area, there's also a heat wave hitting China recently and extra-ordinarily cool weather recorded in some area of Japan a while ago(In July if I remember correctly).