Kirkwall Sea Temperature in February

Looking to find out what the average sea water temperature in Kirkwall is for February? Find out what the lowest, highest, and average water temperatures are for Kirkwall over the past 10 years.

Average water temperature in Kirkwall for February

The average, high, and low temperatures below should help you if you can swim in the water in Kirkwall in February.

7.4° C

(45.32° F)

highest: 8.38° C (47.08° F)
lowest: 6.16° C (43.09° 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.

Water temperature range by day in February in Kirkwall

The chart below shows the range of low and high temperatures by day for the month of February in Kirkwall.

Water temperatures for February in Kirkwall in recent years

Day	2024	2023	2022	2021
1	8.26° C	8.14° C	8.05° C	7.87° C
2	8.31° C	8.08° C	7.89° C	7.65° C
3	8.31° C	7.94° C	8.04° C	7.55° C
4	8.35° C	7.87° C	8.1° C	7.44° C
5	8.24° C	7.96° C	8.03° C	7.42° C
6	8.15° C	8.08° C	7.91° C	7.39° C
7	8.09° C	8.02° C	7.91° C	7.06° C
8	8.12° C	8.05° C	7.93° C	6.85° C
9	8.14° C	7.91° C	7.86° C	6.59° C
10	7.86° C	7.67° C	7.72° C	6.66° C
11	7.87° C	7.83° C	7.56° C	6.73° C
12	7.97° C	8.1° C	7.56° C	6.71° C
13	8.03° C	8.2° C	7.49° C	6.76° C
14	7.98° C	8.1° C	7.32° C	6.67° C
15	7.97° C	7.99° C	7.26° C	6.53° C
16	7.89° C	8.02° C	7.24° C	6.46° C
17	7.86° C	8.32° C	7.2° C	6.5° C
18	7.69° C	7.97° C	7° C	6.72° C
19	7.82° C	7.89° C	6.88° C	6.64° C
20	7.91° C	7.83° C	7.31° C	6.58° C
21	7.87° C	7.81° C	7.36° C	6.67° C
22	7.91° C	7.75° C	7.36° C	6.8° C
23	7.95° C	7.74° C	7.36° C	7.17° C
24	7.96° C	7.64° C	7.41° C	7.31° C
25	7.91° C	7.51° C	7.43° C	7.28° C
26	7.85° C	7.39° C	7.62° C	7.12° C
27	7.73° C	7.48° C	7.72° C	7.13° C
28	7.76° C	7.5° C	7.7° C	7.11° C
29	7.97° C	0° C	0° C	0° C

Water temperature in February for locations near Kirkwall

Orkney

United Kingdom, Europe

0.27 miles away

Scapa Flow

United Kingdom, Europe

6.63 miles away

Stromness

United Kingdom, Europe

11.97 miles away

Data source and citation

Raw data for the calculations made to find the sea surface temperature in Kirkwall 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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