Water Temperature
The strait's shallow depths lend to warm water temperatures in summer months, with some areas reaching 25 °C, or 77 °F. Consequently the strait is reportedly home to the warmest ocean water temperatures in Canada, and some of the warmest ocean water temperatures on the Atlantic coast north of Virginia.
During the winter months between December and April, sea ice covers the entire strait and Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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