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Crescent City Sea Temperature in May

California, United States

April Crescent City year-round → June

Average sea temperature for Crescent City, United States across May, based on 10 years of daily readings.

Average

10.76° C

High

13.73° C

Low

8.09° 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.

May is the 10th warmest of 12 months at Crescent City. On average the water sits 0.9° than the year-round mean of 11.66° C.

Compared to April, May is 0.1° about the same as (10.81° C in April). By June the water is usually 11.25° C.

Crescent City Day-by-Day Water Temperature in May

10-year low, average and high

7.0° C
9.0° C
11.0° C
13.0° C
15.0° C
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Day-by-day low and high band with the 10-year daily average through May. Range Average

Each vertical bar above is one day of May. 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 Crescent City.

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.

May Water Temperature Table for Crescent City

10-year daily averages

Day Average Low High
May 1 11.04° C 9.36° C 12.6° C
May 2 11.07° C 9.61° C 12.45° C
May 3 10.99° C 9.33° C 12.47° C
May 4 10.9° C 8.79° C 12.59° C
May 5 10.82° C 8.85° C 12.75° C
May 6 10.76° C 9.01° C 12.83° C
May 7 10.74° C 9.05° C 12.64° C
May 8 10.58° C 8.92° C 12.65° C
May 9 10.62° C 8.7° C 12.7° C
May 10 10.75° C 8.68° C 12.78° C
May 11 10.82° C 8.69° C 12.69° C
May 12 10.86° C 8.73° C 12.65° C
May 13 10.96° C 8.61° C 12.76° C
May 14 11.06° C 8.48° C 12.81° C
May 15 11.04° C 8.15° C 13.05° C
May 16 11.07° C 8.22° C 13.29° C
May 17 11.01° C 9.13° C 13.36° C
May 18 11.1° C 9.86° C 13.61° C
May 19 11.17° C 9.8° C 13.7° C
May 20 10.86° C 9.35° C 13.73° C
May 21 10.67° C 8.79° C 13.66° C
May 22 10.4° C 8.2° C 13.46° C
May 23 10.19° C 8.09° C 12.88° C
May 24 10.2° C 8.48° C 12.35° C
May 25 10.25° C 8.81° C 12.59° C
May 26 10.32° C 8.86° C 11.64° C
May 27 10.72° C 9.43° C 12.45° C
May 28 10.65° C 9.42° C 12.13° C
May 29 10.59° C 9.04° C 11.95° C
May 30 10.48° C 8.96° C 12.25° C
May 31 10.6° C 9.18° C 12.37° C

Where May Sits in the Year

May highlighted

7.0° C
9.8° C
12.5° C
15.3° C
18.0° C
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
11.01° C
10.57° C
10.55° C
10.81° C
10.76° C
11.25° C
12.34° C
13.32° C
13.27° C
12.41° C
12.14° C
11.43° C
10-year monthly history for Crescent City. 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 →

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Crescent City Location

41.7558, -124.2026

41.75575, -124.20259 View on OpenStreetMap →

Crescent City sits at 41.7558°N, 124.2026°W, on the coast of California, 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 Crescent City