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This extraordinary reading comes hot on the heels of a previous record set on Sunday, when the same buoy in Manatee Bay registered a temperature of 100.2 degrees.
The warming waters threaten marine life and ocean ecosystems including by bleaching coral reefs.
The buoy in Manatee Bay, Florida registered 101.2°F on Monday. For context, the average hot tub temperature is about 100-103 °F. Sous vide lobster, anyone?
On Monday, as much of the country stewed in bubbling heat, a boiling milestone was hit -- a buoy in Florida registered a jaw-dropping 101.1 degrees Fahrenheit water temperature.
The Atlantic Ocean temperature off the South Florida coast soared to more than 100 degrees Monday amid a global heat wave.