MOLINE, Ill. — It's a hot and humid summer day in mid-June. Nothing too surprising given the time of year is near the summer solstice, the point at which the maximum amount of solar energy is reaching ...

Here’s an early afternoon picture from the Port Sheldon buoy in Lake Michigan west of Holland MI. The wind as I write this at the buoy is dead calm (0.0 mph). You don’t see that too often. Graph of ...

MICHIGAN, USA — It might be the last time you'll get to break out the swimsuit this summer, West Michigan. Water temperatures are on the rise amid a heat wave in the area. Tuesday is the peak of West ...

The warmer than normal air temperatures in April and so far in May are boosting most of the Great Lakes’ water temperatures. While the southern Great Lakes are really heating up, Lake Superior remains ...

While air temperatures in Rhode Island soar, water temperatures at local beaches cool for a dip.

NORFOLK, Va. — When it comes to storing and transferring heat, air and water behave very differently—and it all comes down to their heat capacities. Simply put, heat capacity is a measure of how much ...