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Cedar Key Sea Temperature in January

Florida, United States

December Cedar Key year-round → February

Average sea temperature for Cedar Key, United States across January, based on 10 years of daily readings.

Average

14.86° C

High

20.71° C

Low

9.27° C

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 real risk.

January is the 12th warmest of 12 months at Cedar Key. On average the water sits 8.7° than the year-round mean of 23.54° C.

Compared to December, January is 2.1° cooler than (16.95° C in December). By February the water is usually 16.32° C.

Cedar Key Day-by-Day Water Temperature in January

10-year low, average and high

7.5° C
11.3° C
15.0° C
18.8° C
22.5° C
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5
10
15
20
25
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Day-by-day low and high band with the 10-year daily average through January. Range Average

Each vertical bar above is one day of January. The shaded band covers the range the water has reached on that day across the last 10 years — the lowest reading at the bottom, the highest at the top. The line running through the bars is the daily average over those 10 years, so you can see the typical shape of the month at Cedar Key.

A narrow band means the temperature on that day has stayed close to the average year on year. A taller band means it has swung more, often because of changeable weather around that time of year. Hovering a day pulls up its low, average, and high.

January Water Temperature Table for Cedar Key

10-year daily averages

Day Average Low High
January 1 16.18° C 11.98° C 20.3° C
January 2 16.47° C 14.03° C 20.71° C
January 3 16.48° C 14.34° C 20.5° C
January 4 16.33° C 14.48° C 19.29° C
January 5 16.16° C 14.36° C 18.39° C
January 6 15.91° C 13.3° C 18.04° C
January 7 15.7° C 11.95° C 18.05° C
January 8 15.44° C 11.75° C 17.79° C
January 9 15.39° C 12.11° C 18° C
January 10 15.44° C 11.65° C 18.32° C
January 11 15.45° C 11.65° C 18.1° C
January 12 15.36° C 11.22° C 17.88° C
January 13 15.29° C 11.13° C 18.07° C
January 14 15.09° C 11.16° C 18.05° C
January 15 14.81° C 11.23° C 18.22° C
January 16 14.46° C 10.91° C 18.41° C
January 17 14.33° C 11.1° C 18.5° C
January 18 14.26° C 10.94° C 18.03° C
January 19 14.25° C 10.97° C 18.2° C
January 20 14.19° C 10.62° C 17.99° C
January 21 14.13° C 10.41° C 17.68° C
January 22 14.13° C 10.83° C 18.11° C
January 23 14.1° C 10.19° C 18.15° C
January 24 13.95° C 9.55° C 17.51° C
January 25 13.96° C 9.27° C 17.4° C
January 26 14.23° C 9.47° C 18.03° C
January 27 14.15° C 9.78° C 17.56° C
January 28 13.95° C 10.25° C 17.29° C
January 29 13.78° C 10.84° C 17.32° C
January 30 13.63° C 11.74° C 15.61° C
January 31 13.73° C 11.72° C 16.36° C

Where January Sits in the Year

January highlighted

6.5° C
13.6° C
20.8° C
27.9° C
35.0° C
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
14.86° C
16.32° C
19.78° C
22.96° C
26.31° C
29.05° C
30.51° C
30.43° C
29.02° C
25.38° C
20.83° C
16.95° C
10-year monthly history for Cedar Key. Bars span historical low to high; the line marks the monthly average. Range Average
January → February → March → April → May → June → July → August → September → October → November → December →

Nearby Locations in January

Compare other United States water for the same month

Cedar Key Location

29.1386, -83.0351

29.13858, -83.03512 View on OpenStreetMap →

Cedar Key sits at 29.1386°N, 83.0351°W, on the coast of Florida, United States. The marker on the map shows the spot the readings on this page come from. It usually sits a short distance from the town centre, out on the open water itself, so the numbers stay tied to the coast rather than a generic point inland.

Coastlines bend, headlands focus the water, and the temperature can run noticeably differently between two beaches that look close together on a map. Comparing nearby locations is a quick way to see how local geography is shaping the readings.

Nearest locations to Cedar Key