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Why are the waters of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of eastern United States warmer than the waters of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of western United States?

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Because ocean waters rotate in clockwise fashion. This means Atlantic waters travel to the U.S. East Coast from the south and are relatively warm compared with West Coast Pacific waters that arrive from the north out of the chilly Gulf of Alaska.

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