Fortrose Sea Temperature

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

Water temperature in Fortrose right now

Below is the current sea temperature for Fortrose, United Kingdom on 26th April 2024.

8.97° C

(48.14° F)

  • yesterday: 8.66° C (47.59° F)
  • a week ago: 8.31° C (46.96° F)

This water is very cold and can cause pain. We don't recommend you swim in this temperature for anything other than very short swims of 5 to 10 minutes unless you are a very experienced cold water swimmer.

The average sea temperature for Fortrose on April 26th over the last 10 years is 8.38° C (47.09° F), with a low temperature of 6.85° C (44.33° F) and a high of 9.66° C (49.39° F).

Analysis and forecast for Fortrose water temperatures

The water temperature in Fortrose today is higher than the average temperature of 8.38° C (47.09° F) and the temperature on this day last year, 26th April 2023, was 9.09° C (48.36° F).

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

Date Temperature (Celsius) Temperature (Fahrenheit)
April 26 8.97° C 48.14° F
April 25 8.66° C 47.59° F
April 25 8.66° C 47.59° F
April 24 8.52° C 47.34° F
April 23 8.57° C 47.43° F
April 22 9.06° C 48.31° F
April 21 8.7° C 47.66° F
April 20 8.8° C 47.84° F
April 19 8.31° C 46.96° F
April 18 8.39° C 47.1° F
April 17 8.43° C 47.17° F
April 16 8.43° C 47.17° F
April 15 8.37° C 47.07° F
April 14 8.37° C 47.07° F
April 13 8.39° C 47.1° F
April 12 8.51° C 47.32° F
April 11 7.96° C 46.33° F
April 10 7.97° C 46.35° F
April 9 7.78° C 46° F
April 8 7.73° C 45.91° F
April 7 7.71° C 45.88° F
April 6 7.7° C 45.86° F
April 5 7.58° C 45.64° F
April 4 7.27° C 45.09° F
April 3 7.24° C 45.03° F
April 2 7.28° C 45.1° F
April 1 7.3° C 45.14° F
March 31 7.28° C 45.1° F
March 30 7.27° C 45.09° F
March 29 7.16° C 44.89° F

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 Fortrose by month

The chart below shows the monthly average water temperature in Fortrose.

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

Fortrose map and nearby water temperatures

Locations near Fortrose

The highest temperature in United Kingdom today is 10.64° C (51.14° F) in Portscatho. The lowest is in Bridlington, where the temperature of the water is 7.71° C (45.87° F).

Why measure sea surface temperatures (SST) in Fortrose?

The ocean covers about 71% of the Earth's surface, and scientists record the sea surface temperature (SST) of locations such as Fortrose 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 Fortrose 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 Fortrose 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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  • "Fortrose Sea Temperature". SeaTemperatures.net. Accessed on April 26, 2024. http://seatemperatures.net/europe/united-kingdom/fortrose/.

  • "Fortrose Sea Temperature". SeaTemperatures.net, http://seatemperatures.net/europe/united-kingdom/fortrose/. Accessed 26 April, 2024

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