Carolina Beach Sea Temperature in January

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

Average water temperature in Carolina Beach for January

The average, high, and low temperatures below should help you if you can swim in the water in Carolina Beach in January.

11.94° C

(53.48° F)

  • highest: 18.99° C (66.18° F)
  • lowest: 4.99° C (40.98° 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 January in Carolina Beach

The chart below shows the range of low and high temperatures by day for the month of January in Carolina Beach.

Water temperatures for January in Carolina Beach in recent years

Day 2024 2023 2022 2021
1 13.94° C 12.33° C 15.75° C 13.03° C
2 13.57° C 12.43° C 16.17° C 13.04° C
3 13.39° C 12.64° C 15.91° C 13.51° C
4 13.11° C 12.58° C 15.48° C 14.07° C
5 13.13° C 12.65° C 15.3° C 13.82° C
6 13.18° C 12.82° C 15.34° C 13.88° C
7 13.03° C 12.6° C 15.32° C 13.36° C
8 13.2° C 12.52° C 14.75° C 13° C
9 12.99° C 12.75° C 14.81° C 12.3° C
10 12.68° C 12.89° C 14.7° C 11.61° C
11 12.44° C 12.83° C 14.51° C 11.71° C
12 11.96° C 12.75° C 14.24° C 11.54° C
13 11.57° C 12.13° C 14.08° C 12.06° C
14 11.8° C 12.63° C 13.94° C 12.24° C
15 11.83° C 12.08° C 14.02° C 12.99° C
16 11.48° C 12.04° C 13.55° C 13.3° C
17 11.48° C 11.93° C 13.56° C 13.02° C
18 11.41° C 11.36° C 13.32° C 12.57° C
19 11.22° C 11.78° C 13.29° C 12.2° C
20 11.08° C 12.15° C 13.25° C 12.17° C
21 10.62° C 12.26° C 12.53° C 11.73° C
22 10.3° C 12.46° C 11.42° C 11.68° C
23 10.32° C 12.3° C 11.67° C 11.69° C
24 11.01° C 12.19° C 11.7° C 11.54° C
25 11.1° C 12.05° C 11.46° C 11.09° C
26 11.67° C 12.2° C 11.06° C 11.18° C
27 11.61° C 12.35° C 11.12° C 10.88° C
28 11.79° C 12.28° C 11.5° C 10.76° C
29 11.61° C 12.35° C 11.18° C 10.54° C
30 11.58° C 12.39° C 10.66° C 9.95° C
31 11.63° C 12.6° C 10.41° C 9.8° C

Water temperature in January for locations near Carolina Beach

Sea Breeze

United States, North America

1.94 miles away

Kure Beach

United States, North America

2.76 miles away

Silver Lake

United States, North America

7.93 miles away

Masonboro

United States, North America

10.30 miles away

Southport

United States, North America

10.83 miles away

Wilmington

United States, North America

12.11 miles away

Data source and citation

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