Minehead Sea Temperature
Looking to find out what the sea water temperature in Minehead is for today and the next few days? Below are data and charts that will give you information about sea temperatures in Minehead and nearby locations.
Water temperature in Minehead right now
Below is the current sea temperature for Minehead, United Kingdom on 16th April 2024.
9.59° C
(49.27° F)
- yesterday: 11.15° C (52.07° F)
- a week ago: 10.58° C (51.04° 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 Minehead on April 16th over the last 10 years is 9.36° C (48.85° F), with a low temperature of 6.74° C (44.13° F) and a high of 10.26° C (50.47° F).
Analysis and forecast for Minehead water temperatures
The water temperature in Minehead today is higher than the average temperature of 9.36° C (48.85° F) and the temperature on this day last year, 16th April 2023, was 9.5° C (49.1° F).
The chart and table below shows the change in water temperature in Minehead 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 Minehead by month
The chart below shows the monthly average water temperature in Minehead.
For more detailed information on how the sea temperature in Minehead changes for each month of the year, choose from the months below.
Minehead map and nearby water temperatures
Locations near Minehead
The highest temperature in United Kingdom today is 10.8° C (51.44° F) in Portscatho. The lowest is in Aberdeen, where the temperature of the water is 7.42° C (45.36° F).
Why measure sea surface temperatures (SST) in Minehead?
The ocean covers about 71% of the Earth's surface, and scientists record the sea surface temperature (SST) of locations such as Minehead 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 Minehead 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 Minehead 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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