NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico are soaring this week. Forget trying to beat the heat in the Gulf waters - it would feel more like going from a sauna to a hot tub.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (WPEC) — Water temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico have been abnormally warm this summer and scientists are concerned about potential environmental impacts. On Wednesday, a ...

Water temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico have been abnormally warm this summer and scientists are concerned about potential environmental impacts. On Wednesday, a 98-degree water temperature was ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Gulf of Mexico is uncommonly warm this summer – record warmth, in fact – and that has weather experts worried about this hurricane season. Surface water temperatures in ...

The name change to Gulf of America is the first since the 1540s where various maps referred to it as the Mexican Gulf, Golpho de la Nueva España, and, finally Gulf of Mexico.

Those "quick dips," however, become a little less refreshing when Gulf of Mexico temperatures surpass 90 degrees. Tampa Bay waters usually venture into bathwater territory in July through September.

Hurricane Laura wrecked havoc on Louisiana. As Laura stormed its way across the Gulf of Mexico, it also made a big change to the ocean surface temperatures. The surface water in the Gulf of Mexico ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Gulf of Mexico is uncommonly warm this summer – record warmth, in fact – and that has weather experts worried about this hurricane season. Surface water temperatures in ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Gulf of Mexico is uncommonly warm this summer – record warmth, in fact – and that has weather experts worried about this hurricane season. Surface water temperatures in ...