Folly Beach Sea Temperature in May

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

Average water temperature in Folly Beach for May

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

23.1° C

(73.57° F)

  • highest: 27.63° C (81.73° F)
  • lowest: 19.53° C (67.15° 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.

Water temperature range by day in May in Folly Beach

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

Water temperatures for May in Folly Beach in recent years

Day 2024 2023 2022 2021
1 0° C 21.76° C 21.29° C 21.08° C
2 0° C 21.65° C 21.59° C 21.23° C
3 0° C 21.46° C 21.8° C 21.44° C
4 0° C 21.29° C 22.35° C 21.68° C
5 0° C 21.25° C 22.96° C 21.96° C
6 0° C 21.31° C 23.31° C 21.87° C
7 0° C 21.32° C 23.04° C 21.66° C
8 0° C 21.48° C 22.43° C 21.52° C
9 0° C 21.77° C 21.65° C 21.46° C
10 0° C 21.82° C 21.4° C 21.49° C
11 0° C 21.8° C 21.42° C 22.14° C
12 0° C 22.27° C 21.45° C 22.24° C
13 0° C 22.71° C 21.5° C 21.46° C
14 0° C 23.03° C 21.92° C 21.38° C
15 0° C 23.5° C 22.26° C 21.38° C
16 0° C 23.78° C 22.34° C 21.68° C
17 0° C 23.75° C 22.56° C 21.68° C
18 0° C 23.82° C 22.94° C 21.79° C
19 0° C 23.67° C 23.1° C 21.87° C
20 0° C 23.7° C 23.4° C 22.18° C
21 0° C 23.72° C 23.57° C 22.46° C
22 0° C 23.41° C 23.77° C 22.63° C
23 0° C 23.21° C 24.51° C 22.96° C
24 0° C 23.31° C 24.79° C 23.06° C
25 0° C 23.34° C 25.01° C 23.17° C
26 0° C 23.01° C 25.32° C 23.67° C
27 0° C 22.37° C 25.51° C 23.76° C
28 0° C 20.57° C 25.38° C 23.95° C
29 0° C 21.26° C 25.61° C 24.13° C
30 0° C 21.8° C 26.08° C 24.24° C
31 0° C 22.19° C 26.24° C 23.84° C

Water temperature in May for locations near Folly Beach

Charleston

United States, North America

8.40 miles away

Kiawah Island

United States, North America

9.01 miles away

Sullivan's Island

United States, North America

9.59 miles away

Seabrook Island

United States, North America

14.45 miles away

Isle of Palms

United States, North America

16.50 miles away

Edisto Island

United States, North America

21.99 miles away

Data source and citation

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