New Bern Sea Temperature in May

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

Average water temperature in New Bern for May

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

21.4° C

(70.53° F)

  • highest: 26.16° C (79.09° F)
  • lowest: 15.44° C (59.79° 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 New Bern

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

Water temperatures for May in New Bern in recent years

Day 2024 2023 2022 2021
1 19.47° C 20.4° C 18.96° C 18.8° C
2 20.68° C 20.24° C 19.31° C 18.69° C
3 20.96° C 20.08° C 19.71° C 19.69° C
4 21.5° C 19.79° C 19.81° C 20.07° C
5 21.86° C 19.67° C 20.06° C 20.16° C
6 21.98° C 19.87° C 20.61° C 20.27° C
7 0° C 20° C 20.92° C 20.07° C
8 0° C 20.25° C 20.85° C 19.74° C
9 0° C 20.55° C 20.25° C 20.34° C
10 0° C 20.57° C 19.91° C 20.74° C
11 0° C 20.55° C 19.61° C 20.83° C
12 0° C 20.8° C 19.53° C 20.89° C
13 0° C 21.42° C 19.59° C 20.23° C
14 0° C 21.68° C 20.11° C 19.85° C
15 0° C 21.69° C 20.38° C 19.62° C
16 0° C 21.65° C 20.88° C 19.62° C
17 0° C 22.09° C 21.21° C 19.88° C
18 0° C 22.22° C 21.42° C 20.2° C
19 0° C 22.2° C 21.73° C 20.34° C
20 0° C 22.26° C 21.94° C 20.93° C
21 0° C 21.95° C 22.11° C 21.19° C
22 0° C 21.81° C 22.3° C 21.35° C
23 0° C 21.64° C 22.69° C 21.34° C
24 0° C 21.56° C 22.6° C 21.81° C
25 0° C 21.64° C 22.73° C 22.27° C
26 0° C 21.81° C 23.32° C 23.11° C
27 0° C 21.65° C 23.48° C 23.31° C
28 0° C 20.43° C 23.31° C 23.34° C
29 0° C 20.47° C 23.74° C 23.41° C
30 0° C 20.59° C 24.76° C 23.43° C
31 0° C 20.64° C 25.32° C 23.46° C

Water temperature in May for locations near New Bern

Fairfield Harbour

United States, North America

5.06 miles away

Neuse Forest

United States, North America

11.47 miles away

Oriental

United States, North America

20.57 miles away

Broad Creek

United States, North America

27.49 miles away

Cape Carteret

United States, North America

28.83 miles away

Data source and citation

Raw data for the calculations made to find the sea surface temperature in New Bern 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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  • "New Bern Sea Temperature in May". SeaTemperatures.net. Accessed on May 7, 2024. http://seatemperatures.net/north-america/united-states/new-bern-may-temperature/.

  • "New Bern Sea Temperature in May". SeaTemperatures.net, http://seatemperatures.net/north-america/united-states/new-bern-may-temperature/. Accessed 7 May, 2024

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