Road Town Sea Temperature

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

Analysis and forecast for Road Town water temperatures

The water temperature in Road Town today is higher than the average temperature of 29.29° C (84.72° F) and the temperature on this day last year, 4th October 2023, was 30.02° C (86.04° F).

The chart and table below shows the change in water temperature in Road Town 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 Road Town by month

The chart below shows the monthly average water temperature in Road Town.

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

Road Town map and nearby water temperatures

Locations near Road Town

Tortola

British Virgin Islands, Central America and the Caribbean

1.03 miles away

Jost Van Dyke

British Virgin Islands, Central America and the Caribbean

8.25 miles away

Saint John

United States Virgin Islands, Central America and the Caribbean

9.59 miles away

Cruz Bay

United States Virgin Islands, Central America and the Caribbean

13.31 miles away

Virgin Gorda

British Virgin Islands, Central America and the Caribbean

14.87 miles away

Saint Thomas

United States Virgin Islands, Central America and the Caribbean

19.12 miles away

The highest temperature in British Virgin Islands today is 31.02° C (87.84° F) in Jost Van Dyke. The lowest is in Anegada, where the temperature of the water is 30.93° C (87.67° F).

Why measure sea surface temperatures (SST) in Road Town?

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