Lerwick Sea Temperature in January

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

Average water temperature in Lerwick for January

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

8.08° C

(46.54° F)

  • highest: 9.41° C (48.94° F)
  • lowest: 6.86° C (44.35° 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 January in Lerwick

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

Water temperatures for January in Lerwick in recent years

Day 2024 2023 2022 2021
1 8.25° C 9.08° C 9° C 8.77° C
2 8.25° C 9.1° C 8.91° C 8.72° C
3 8.28° C 9.12° C 8.82° C 8.6° C
4 8.25° C 9.06° C 8.73° C 8.32° C
5 8.07° C 9.14° C 8.59° C 8.29° C
6 8.12° C 9.41° C 8.53° C 8.25° C
7 8.13° C 9.15° C 8.5° C 8.29° C
8 8.12° C 9.07° C 8.49° C 8.25° C
9 8.14° C 9.08° C 8.32° C 8.28° C
10 8.14° C 9.07° C 8.15° C 8.31° C
11 8.15° C 9.09° C 8.24° C 8.48° C
12 8.07° C 9° C 8.31° C 8.55° C
13 8.15° C 8.88° C 8.1° C 8.48° C
14 8.11° C 8.97° C 8.15° C 8.44° C
15 7.97° C 8.92° C 8.19° C 8.34° C
16 7.84° C 8.92° C 8.18° C 8.29° C
17 7.79° C 8.98° C 8.21° C 7.98° C
18 7.76° C 8.94° C 7.68° C 7.84° C
19 7.72° C 8.86° C 7.82° C 7.75° C
20 7.58° C 8.85° C 7.92° C 7.74° C
21 7.46° C 8.46° C 7.95° C 7.81° C
22 7.52° C 8.85° C 7.97° C 7.85° C
23 7.6° C 8.27° C 7.95° C 7.71° C
24 7.61° C 8.49° C 7.99° C 7.67° C
25 7.67° C 8.52° C 7.96° C 7.68° C
26 7.6° C 8.61° C 8.01° C 7.9° C
27 7.59° C 8.59° C 8.04° C 7.92° C
28 7.9° C 8.58° C 7.9° C 7.87° C
29 7.75° C 8.48° C 8° C 7.93° C
30 7.8° C 8.48° C 7.99° C 7.94° C
31 7.83° C 8.44° C 7.98° C 8.22° C

Water temperature in January for locations near Lerwick

Sandwick

United Kingdom, Europe

10.89 miles away

Sumburgh

United Kingdom, Europe

20.18 miles away

Shetland

United Kingdom, Europe

26.33 miles away

Data source and citation

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