Dry Pass, Hill Island, Chichagof Island, Alaska Sea Temperature in January
Alaska, United States
Average sea temperature for Dry Pass, Hill Island, Chichagof Island, Alaska, United States across January, based on 10 years of daily readings.
Average
6.39° C
High
8.17° C
Low
4.69° C
This water is very cold and can cause pain. We don't recommend you swim in this temperature for anything other than very short swims of 5 to 10 minutes unless you are a very experienced cold water swimmer.
January is the 9th warmest of 12 months at Dry Pass, Hill Island, Chichagof Island, Alaska. On average the water sits 2.6° than the year-round mean of 8.94° C.
Compared to December, January is 0.9° cooler than (7.33° C in December). By February the water is usually 5.8° C.
Dry Pass, Hill Island, Chichagof Island, Alaska Day-by-Day Water Temperature in January
10-year low, average and high
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 Dry Pass, Hill Island, Chichagof Island, Alaska.
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 Dry Pass, Hill Island, Chichagof Island, Alaska
10-year daily averages
| Day | Average | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | 6.86° C | 5.74° C | 7.81° C |
| January 2 | 6.83° C | 5.75° C | 7.72° C |
| January 3 | 6.69° C | 5.68° C | 7.37° C |
| January 4 | 6.56° C | 5.69° C | 7.47° C |
| January 5 | 6.52° C | 5.41° C | 7.51° C |
| January 6 | 6.57° C | 5.6° C | 7.89° C |
| January 7 | 6.58° C | 5.5° C | 7.94° C |
| January 8 | 6.59° C | 5.36° C | 8.1° C |
| January 9 | 6.57° C | 5.4° C | 8.17° C |
| January 10 | 6.52° C | 5.43° C | 8.13° C |
| January 11 | 6.59° C | 5.34° C | 8.14° C |
| January 12 | 6.51° C | 5.1° C | 7.77° C |
| January 13 | 6.41° C | 4.75° C | 7.61° C |
| January 14 | 6.32° C | 4.69° C | 7.53° C |
| January 15 | 6.3° C | 4.75° C | 7.78° C |
| January 16 | 6.33° C | 4.93° C | 8.15° C |
| January 17 | 6.27° C | 5.01° C | 8.15° C |
| January 18 | 6.26° C | 5.07° C | 8.08° C |
| January 19 | 6.35° C | 5.3° C | 7.96° C |
| January 20 | 6.35° C | 5.27° C | 7.79° C |
| January 21 | 6.24° C | 5.16° C | 7.6° C |
| January 22 | 6.28° C | 5.5° C | 7.41° C |
| January 23 | 6.28° C | 5.49° C | 7.32° C |
| January 24 | 6.28° C | 5.51° C | 7.43° C |
| January 25 | 6.25° C | 5.38° C | 7.38° C |
| January 26 | 6.14° C | 5.3° C | 7.01° C |
| January 27 | 6.08° C | 5.34° C | 6.93° C |
| January 28 | 6.17° C | 5.56° C | 6.96° C |
| January 29 | 6.18° C | 5.59° C | 6.97° C |
| January 30 | 6.16° C | 5.49° C | 6.89° C |
| January 31 | 6.08° C | 5.34° C | 6.81° C |
Where January Sits in the Year
January highlighted
Nearby Locations in January
Compare other United States water for the same month
- Canoe Cove, North Pass, Lisianski Strait and Inlet, Alaska January →
- Kimshan Cove, Ogden Passage, Chichagof Island, Alaska January →
- Kimshan Cove January →
- Stag Bay, Lisianski Strait and Inlet, Alaska January →
- Elbow Passage, Klag Bay, Chichagof Island, Alaska January →
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Dry Pass, Hill Island, Chichagof Island, Alaska Location
57.7667, -136.2830
Dry Pass, Hill Island, Chichagof Island, Alaska sits at 57.7667°N, 136.2830°W, on the coast of Alaska, 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 Dry Pass, Hill Island, Chichagof Island, Alaska
- Canoe Cove, North Pass, Lisianski Strait and Inlet, Alaska, 12 km NW
- Kimshan Cove, Ogden Passage, Chichagof Island, Alaska, 14 km SE
- Kimshan Cove, 14 km SE
- Stag Bay, Lisianski Strait and Inlet, Alaska, 17 km N
- Elbow Passage, Klag Bay, Chichagof Island, Alaska, 21 km SE
- Pelican Harbor, Lisianski Inlet, 22 km N