The National Weather Service is reporting Lake Erie’s water temperature is now at 76°F.
They say that’s a record for July 9th!
According to NWS Buffalo on Twitter, this reading is just four degrees from the all-time warmest water temperature measured for Lake Erie at Buffalo.
Water temperature records began in 1927.
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