Sea Surface Temperatures SST's) are typically warmest:

A) on the western sides of oceans.
B) on the eastern side of oceans.
C) in the northernmost parts of the Northern Hemisphere and southernmost parts of the Southern Hemisphere
D) in the mid-latitudes.

Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) are typically warmest on the western sides of oceans due to the ocean currents that are warmed by the equator moving poleward on the western sides of ocean basins. This is part of the larger oceanic circulation patterns influenced by the Earth's rotation, known as the Coriolis effect, and the distribution of continents and ocean basins.