Cape Lookout Sea Temperature
Looking to find out what the sea water temperature in Cape Lookout is for today and the next few days? Below are data and charts that will give you information about sea temperatures in Cape Lookout and nearby locations.
Water temperature in Cape Lookout right now
Below is the current sea temperature for Cape Lookout, United States on 27th April 2024.
20.95° C
(69.71° F)
- yesterday: 20.72° C (69.3° F)
- a week ago: 18.33° C (64.99° F)
Water at this temperature is very pleasant to swim in and if you tend to wear a wetsuit when swimming, you might consider removing it now to avoid the body overheating.
The average sea temperature for Cape Lookout on April 27th over the last 10 years is 20.05° C (68.09° F), with a low temperature of 18.37° C (65.07° F) and a high of 22.45° C (72.41° F).
Analysis and forecast for Cape Lookout water temperatures
The water temperature in Cape Lookout today is higher than the average temperature of 20.05° C (68.09° F) and the temperature on this day last year, 27th April 2023, was 21.05° C (69.89° F).
The chart and table below shows the change in water temperature in Cape Lookout 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 Cape Lookout by month
The chart below shows the monthly average water temperature in Cape Lookout.
For more detailed information on how the sea temperature in Cape Lookout changes for each month of the year, choose from the months below.
Cape Lookout map and nearby water temperatures
Locations near Cape Lookout
The highest temperature in United States today is 26.65° C (79.97° F) in Duck Key. The lowest is in Barrow, where the temperature of the water is -1.8° C (28.76° F).
Why measure sea surface temperatures (SST) in Cape Lookout?
The ocean covers about 71% of the Earth's surface, and scientists record the sea surface temperature (SST) of locations such as Cape Lookout 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 Cape Lookout 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 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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