Turneffe Islands Sea Temperature

Looking to find out what the sea water temperature in Turneffe Islands is for today and the next few days? Below are data and charts that will give you information about sea temperatures in Turneffe Islands and nearby locations.

Analysis and forecast for Turneffe Islands water temperatures

The water temperature in Turneffe Islands today is higher than the average temperature of 28.63° C (83.53° F) and the temperature on this day last year, 19th May 2023, was 29° C (84.2° F).

The chart and table below shows the change in water temperature in Turneffe Islands over the last 30 days:

The actual nearshore temperatures may vary by several degrees and this can also be heavily affected by weather. Strong winds can cause cold, deep waters to replace the surface waters that had been warmed by the sun, and heavy rain can also reduce the temperature of the sea surface temperature as well.

Water temperature in Turneffe Islands by month

The chart below shows the monthly average water temperature in Turneffe Islands.

For more detailed information on how the sea temperature in Turneffe Islands changes for each month of the year, choose from the months below.

Turneffe Islands map and nearby water temperatures

Locations near Turneffe Islands

Lighthouse Reef

Belize, Central America and the Caribbean

20.78 miles away

Great Blue Hole

Belize, Central America and the Caribbean

21.22 miles away

Belize City

Belize, Central America and the Caribbean

24.54 miles away

Caye Caulker

Belize, Central America and the Caribbean

25.83 miles away

The highest temperature in Belize today is 30.02° C (86.03° F) in Punta Gorda. The lowest is in Great Blue Hole, where the temperature of the water is 28.22° C (82.79° F).

Why measure sea surface temperatures (SST) in Turneffe Islands?

The ocean covers about 71% of the Earth's surface, and scientists record the sea surface temperature (SST) of locations such as Turneffe Islands because they want to understand and learn how the ocean communicates with the atomosphere of Earth.

SST is one measure that provides information on the global climate, and it can be used to predict the weather in Turneffe Islands as well as atmospheric model simulations and to study marine ecosystems in the area.

Data source and citation

Raw data for the calculations made to find the sea surface temperature in Turneffe Islands comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and their 1/4° daily Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature.

The water temperature data is constructed by combining observations from different platforms (satellites, ships, buoys, and Argo floats) on a regular global grid. A spatially complete sea surface temperature map is then built by interpolating to fill in gaps in the data.

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