Ras Muhammad Sea Temperature

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

Analysis and forecast for Ras Muhammad water temperatures

The water temperature in Ras Muhammad today is lower than the average temperature of 23.24° C (73.84° F) and the temperature on this day last year, 16th April 2023, was 22.59° C (72.66° F).

The chart and table below shows the change in water temperature in Ras Muhammad 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 Ras Muhammad by month

The chart below shows the monthly average water temperature in Ras Muhammad.

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

Ras Muhammad map and nearby water temperatures

Locations near Ras Muhammad

Hadaba

Egypt, Africa

8.70 miles away

Ras Um El Sid

Egypt, Africa

8.74 miles away

Naama Bay

Egypt, Africa

13.16 miles away

Coral Bay

Egypt, Africa

15.28 miles away

Sharm El Sheikh

Egypt, Africa

17.28 miles away

Nabq

Egypt, Africa

23.94 miles away

The highest temperature in Egypt today is 24.86° C (76.75° F) in Zabargad Island. The lowest is in Mersa Matruh, where the temperature of the water is 17.19° C (62.95° F).

Why measure sea surface temperatures (SST) in Ras Muhammad?

The ocean covers about 71% of the Earth's surface, and scientists record the sea surface temperature (SST) of locations such as Ras Muhammad 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 Ras Muhammad 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 Ras Muhammad 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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