A reading of the tap water temperature in Estero, Florida on May 30th. The water taken from the “cold side” of the tap only.
It's not just the Gulf of Mexico that's heating up, our Florida tap water temperature is feeling the effects of summer, too. You didn't really want to take a cold shower - did you?
It has been hot here in Florida. Over the Memorial Day weekend, several places set record high temperatures on those days. According to the National Weather Service, places like Windermere hit 96 degrees. Orlando, Sanford, and West Palm all saw 97 degrees on Monday. Melbourne and Fort Pierce saw 98 degrees and Clermont hit 100 degrees. Southwest Florida wasn't quite as hot, but was definitely close. It's been just brutal.
The Gulf of Mexico Is Heating Up.
As the Gulf of Mexico heats up, those of us on the west coast of Florida start worrying about hurricanes. Southwest Florida Gulf temperatures are around 86 degrees right now. Plenty warm enough for any storm to develop. Pretty simple, the sun beats down on the water and heats it up. But what's going on with our Florida tap water temperature?
Miami Florida Tap Water Temperature Hits 86 Degrees This Week.
Reddit user Ay-Photographer in Miami decided to test their water temperature and found that the cold water tap wasn't a lot colder than the hot water tap. 86.3 degrees!
It seems the gulf and ocean waters aren't the only thing heating up. So's the tap water, and it's different for us - because we're in Florida. Code states that when residential water lines are installed that they be at least 6 inches below frost line. Since here in the southern part of Florida we don't deal with frost, those pipes aren't buried very deep. Sometimes only a couple of feet below ground. Maybe even less!
Just a casual look at the yellow spots in our yards here in Southwest Florida shows that the ground is HOT. That poor grass has been cooked, but it seems to be worse in Miami. I took 3 different readings of our Florida tap water temperature in Estero and the highest reading I got was 82 degrees just before 7pm, about 15 minutes before it started raining. A check at 7 am the following morning showed 75 degrees, so the pipes are certainly feeling the effects of the sun. And as the ground heats up those pipes, the water gets heated, too. At least your hot water heater doesn't have to do much.
But so much for that cold shower after a day in the sun.
