North Kingstown Sea Temperature

Looking to find out what the sea water temperature in North Kingstown is for today and the next few days? Below are data and charts that will give you information about sea temperatures in North Kingstown and nearby locations.

Water temperature in North Kingstown right now

Below is the current sea temperature for North Kingstown, United States on January 10, 2026.

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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.

The average sea temperature for North Kingstown on January 10 over the last 10 years is 7.13° C (44.83° F), with a low temperature of 5.36° C (41.65° F) and a high of 8.62° C (47.52° F).

Analysis and forecast for North Kingstown water temperatures

The water temperature in North Kingstown today is the same as the average temperature of 7.13° C (44.83° F) and the temperature on this day last year was 7.13° C (44.83° F).

The chart and table below shows the change in water temperature in North Kingstown over the last 30 days:

DateTemperature (Celsius)Temperature (Fahrenheit)
January 107.13° C44.83° F
January 97.09° C44.76° F
January 87.23° C45.02° F
January 77.1° C44.79° F
January 67° C44.61° F
January 57.17° C44.9° F
January 47.31° C45.15° F
January 37.4° C45.31° F
January 27.42° C45.36° F
January 17.44° C45.39° F
December 317.54° C45.57° F
December 307.66° C45.79° F
December 297.77° C45.99° F
December 287.88° C46.18° F
December 277.92° C46.25° F
December 268.07° C46.53° F
December 258.19° C46.75° F
December 248.29° C46.93° F
December 238.32° C46.98° F
December 228.57° C47.42° F
December 218.76° C47.77° F
December 208.99° C48.17° F
December 199.15° C48.47° F
December 189.23° C48.61° F
December 179.25° C48.65° F
December 169.35° C48.83° F
December 159.41° C48.93° F
December 149.63° C49.34° F
December 139.77° C49.58° F
December 129.83° C49.69° F

The actual nearshore temperatures may vary by several degrees and this can also be heavily affected by weather. Strong winds can cause cold, deep waters to replace the surface waters that had been warmed by the sun, and heavy rain can also reduce the temperature of the sea surface temperature as well.

Water temperature in North Kingstown by month

The chart below shows the monthly average water temperature in North Kingstown.

For more detailed information on how the sea temperature in North Kingstown changes for each month of the year, choose from the months below.

North Kingstown map and nearby water temperatures

North Kingstown sea temperature map

Locations near North Kingstown

Why measure sea surface temperatures (SST) in North Kingstown?

The ocean covers about 71% of the Earth's surface, and scientists record the sea surface temperature (SST) of locations such as North Kingstown because they want to understand and learn how the ocean communicates with the atmosphere of Earth.

SST is one measure that provides information on the global climate, and it can be used to predict the weather in North Kingstown as well as atmospheric model simulations and to study marine ecosystems in the area.

Data source and citation

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