Orkney Sea Temperature in August

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

Average water temperature in Orkney for August

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

12.9° C

(55.22° F)

  • highest: 14.47° C (58.05° F)
  • lowest: 11.41° C (52.54° F)

Water at this temperature is cold and will feel very cold initially, but the body will get used to it and longer swims are possible. Experienced swimmers can manage several hours of swimming, however hypothermia is still a very big risk.

Water temperature range by day in August in Orkney

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

Water temperatures for August in Orkney in recent years

Day 2024 2023 2022 2021
1 0° C 13.39° C 13.04° C 12.38° C
2 0° C 13.38° C 13.1° C 12.48° C
3 0° C 13.43° C 13° C 12.49° C
4 0° C 13.22° C 12.98° C 12.5° C
5 0° C 13.24° C 12.92° C 12.41° C
6 0° C 13.31° C 12.86° C 12.75° C
7 0° C 13.42° C 12.79° C 13.04° C
8 0° C 13.34° C 13.03° C 13.17° C
9 0° C 13.23° C 13.02° C 12.93° C
10 0° C 13.36° C 13.27° C 13.05° C
11 0° C 13.29° C 13.29° C 13.25° C
12 0° C 13.67° C 13.29° C 13.21° C
13 0° C 13.93° C 13.24° C 13.21° C
14 0° C 14.11° C 13.37° C 12.93° C
15 0° C 14.05° C 13.12° C 12.51° C
16 0° C 14.04° C 12.88° C 12.56° C
17 0° C 14.07° C 13.09° C 12.55° C
18 0° C 14.07° C 13.13° C 12.61° C
19 0° C 14.04° C 13.19° C 12.5° C
20 0° C 13.99° C 13.27° C 12.59° C
21 0° C 13.99° C 13.32° C 12.73° C
22 0° C 13.93° C 13.42° C 12.77° C
23 0° C 13.92° C 13.65° C 12.76° C
24 0° C 14.03° C 13.6° C 12.72° C
25 0° C 14° C 13.58° C 12.81° C
26 0° C 13.7° C 13.57° C 12.98° C
27 0° C 13.76° C 13.58° C 13.06° C
28 0° C 13.81° C 13.52° C 13.01° C
29 0° C 13.76° C 13.49° C 12.87° C
30 0° C 13.66° C 13.56° C 13.11° C
31 0° C 13.65° C 13.52° C 13.15° C

Water temperature in August for locations near Orkney

Kirkwall

United Kingdom, Europe

0.27 miles away

Scapa Flow

United Kingdom, Europe

6.44 miles away

Stromness

United Kingdom, Europe

12.01 miles away

Data source and citation

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