Loch Ness Sea Temperature
Looking to find out what the sea water temperature in Loch Ness is for today and the next few days? Below are data and charts that will give you information about sea temperatures in Loch Ness and nearby locations.
Water temperature in Loch Ness right now
Below is the current sea temperature for Loch Ness, United Kingdom on 25th April 2024.
8.78° C
(47.8° F)
- yesterday: 8.78° C (47.8° F)
- a week ago: 8.39° C (47.1° 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 Loch Ness on April 25th over the last 10 years is 8.37° C (47.06° F), with a low temperature of 6.86° C (44.35° F) and a high of 9.51° C (49.12° F).
Analysis and forecast for Loch Ness water temperatures
The water temperature in Loch Ness today is higher than the average temperature of 8.37° C (47.06° F) and the temperature on this day last year, 25th April 2023, was 8.88° C (47.98° F).
The chart and table below shows the change in water temperature in Loch Ness 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 Loch Ness by month
The chart below shows the monthly average water temperature in Loch Ness.
For more detailed information on how the sea temperature in Loch Ness changes for each month of the year, choose from the months below.
Loch Ness map and nearby water temperatures
Locations near Loch Ness
The highest temperature in United Kingdom today is 10.72° C (51.29° F) in Portscatho. The lowest is in Bridlington, where the temperature of the water is 7.67° C (45.8° F).
Why measure sea surface temperatures (SST) in Loch Ness?
The ocean covers about 71% of the Earth's surface, and scientists record the sea surface temperature (SST) of locations such as Loch Ness 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 Loch Ness 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 Loch Ness 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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