Ipswich Sea Temperature

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

Water temperature in Ipswich right now

Below is the current sea temperature for Ipswich, United Kingdom on 25th April 2024.

9.95° C

(49.91° F)

  • yesterday: 10.58° C (51.04° F)
  • a week ago: 11.34° C (52.41° 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 Ipswich on April 25th over the last 10 years is 9.72° C (49.5° F), with a low temperature of 7.48° C (45.46° F) and a high of 11.07° C (51.93° F).

Analysis and forecast for Ipswich water temperatures

The water temperature in Ipswich today is higher than the average temperature of 9.72° C (49.5° F) and the temperature on this day last year, 25th April 2023, was 9.74° C (49.53° F).

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

Date Temperature (Celsius) Temperature (Fahrenheit)
April 25 9.95° C 49.91° F
April 24 10.58° C 51.04° F
April 23 10.54° C 50.97° F
April 22 10.65° C 51.17° F
April 21 10.79° C 51.42° F
April 20 10.78° C 51.4° F
April 19 11.26° C 52.27° F
April 18 11.34° C 52.41° F
April 17 11.59° C 52.86° F
April 16 11.62° C 52.92° F
April 15 11.6° C 52.88° F
April 14 11.53° C 52.75° F
April 13 10.99° C 51.78° F
April 12 11.12° C 52.02° F
April 11 11.15° C 52.07° F
April 10 11.15° C 52.07° F
April 9 10.96° C 51.73° F
April 8 10.87° C 51.57° F
April 7 10.95° C 51.71° F
April 6 10.67° C 51.21° F
April 5 10.44° C 50.79° F
April 4 10.23° C 50.41° F
April 3 10.07° C 50.13° F
April 2 9.92° C 49.86° F
April 1 9.84° C 49.71° F
March 31 9.62° C 49.32° F
March 30 9.66° C 49.39° F
March 29 9.49° C 49.08° F
March 28 9.42° C 48.96° F
March 27 9.36° C 48.85° F
March 26 9.21° C 48.58° 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 Ipswich by month

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

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

Ipswich map and nearby water temperatures

Locations near Ipswich

The highest temperature in United Kingdom today is 11.03° C (51.85° F) in Portscatho. The lowest is in Bridlington, where the temperature of the water is 7.98° C (46.36° F).

Why measure sea surface temperatures (SST) in Ipswich?

The ocean covers about 71% of the Earth's surface, and scientists record the sea surface temperature (SST) of locations such as Ipswich 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 Ipswich 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 Ipswich 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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  • "Ipswich Sea Temperature". SeaTemperatures.net. Accessed on April 25, 2024. http://seatemperatures.net/europe/united-kingdom/ipswich/.

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