Cape Lookout Sea Temperature in December

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

Average water temperature in Cape Lookout for December

The average, high, and low temperatures below should help you if you can swim in the water in Cape Lookout in December.

18.4° C

(65.13° F)

  • highest: 22.61° C (72.7° F)
  • lowest: 13.46° C (56.23° F)

At this temperature, water will feel cold compared to a swimming pool, but with a bit of experience and practice most people will find the water relatively comfortable to swim in.

Water temperature range by day in December in Cape Lookout

The chart below shows the range of low and high temperatures by day for the month of December in Cape Lookout.

Water temperatures for December in Cape Lookout in recent years

Day 2024 2023 2022 2021
1 0° C 18.79° C 20.15° C 18.75° C
2 0° C 18.87° C 19.92° C 18.74° C
3 0° C 19.07° C 19.76° C 18.97° C
4 0° C 19.55° C 19.97° C 19.43° C
5 0° C 19.72° C 20.09° C 19.59° C
6 0° C 19.52° C 20.27° C 19.73° C
7 0° C 19.24° C 20.35° C 19.48° C
8 0° C 18.98° C 20.35° C 19.05° C
9 0° C 18.86° C 20.18° C 19.17° C
10 0° C 18.81° C 19.93° C 19.42° C
11 0° C 18.21° C 20.07° C 19.62° C
12 0° C 18.2° C 20.31° C 19.77° C
13 0° C 18.44° C 20.29° C 19.82° C
14 0° C 18.62° C 20.64° C 19.83° C
15 0° C 18.54° C 20.59° C 19.75° C
16 0° C 18.3° C 20.33° C 20.3° C
17 0° C 18.33° C 20.23° C 20.7° C
18 0° C 18.25° C 19.61° C 20.61° C
19 0° C 18.12° C 19.33° C 20.27° C
20 0° C 17.68° C 19.26° C 19.26° C
21 0° C 17.52° C 19.26° C 18.84° C
22 0° C 17.62° C 18.56° C 18.67° C
23 0° C 17.88° C 18.45° C 18.65° C
24 0° C 18.38° C 17.82° C 18.63° C
25 0° C 18.62° C 17.14° C 18.48° C
26 0° C 18.51° C 16.72° C 18.6° C
27 0° C 18.15° C 16.49° C 18.71° C
28 0° C 17.45° C 16.34° C 19.02° C
29 0° C 17.35° C 16.2° C 19.06° C
30 0° C 16.98° C 16.19° C 19.18° C
31 0° C 16.58° C 16.01° C 19.12° C

Water temperature in December for locations near Cape Lookout

Harkers Island

United States, North America

6.34 miles away

Beaufort

United States, North America

10.64 miles away

Atlantic Beach

United States, North America

13.26 miles away

Morehead City

United States, North America

13.49 miles away

Pine Knoll Shores

United States, North America

16.96 miles away

Emerald Isle

United States, North America

24.07 miles away

Data source and citation

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