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Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina Sea Temperature in December

North Carolina, United States

November Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina year-round → January

Average sea temperature for Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina, United States across December, based on 10 years of daily readings.

Average

13.16° C

High

19.55° C

Low

8.62° 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.

December is the 10th warmest of 12 months at Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina. On average the water sits 6.5° than the year-round mean of 19.7° C.

Compared to November, December is 4.4° cooler than (17.54° C in November). By January the water is usually 11.55° C.

Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina Day-by-Day Water Temperature in December

10-year low, average and high

6.5° C
10.3° C
14.0° C
17.8° C
21.5° C
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5
10
15
20
25
31
Day-by-day low and high band with the 10-year daily average through December. Range Average

Each vertical bar above is one day of December. 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 Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina.

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.

December Water Temperature Table for Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina

10-year daily averages

Day Average Low High
December 1 14.98° C 13.28° C 19.3° C
December 2 14.46° C 13.23° C 18.4° C
December 3 14.28° C 12.52° C 18.79° C
December 4 14.14° C 11.88° C 19.08° C
December 5 14.05° C 11.59° C 19.2° C
December 6 13.86° C 11.38° C 19.26° C
December 7 13.97° C 11.12° C 19.55° C
December 8 13.71° C 10.94° C 19.04° C
December 9 13.36° C 10.94° C 18.22° C
December 10 13.37° C 10.45° C 17.59° C
December 11 13.4° C 11.1° C 17.22° C
December 12 13.46° C 10.93° C 17.67° C
December 13 13.53° C 10.54° C 18.53° C
December 14 13.36° C 10.44° C 18.5° C
December 15 13.33° C 10.34° C 18.58° C
December 16 13.07° C 9.98° C 17.02° C
December 17 12.99° C 9.32° C 17.49° C
December 18 12.93° C 8.84° C 17.36° C
December 19 12.95° C 10.33° C 16.41° C
December 20 13.04° C 10.97° C 16.49° C
December 21 12.98° C 10.88° C 16.98° C
December 22 13.01° C 10.5° C 17.46° C
December 23 12.84° C 10.18° C 17.25° C
December 24 12.48° C 10.28° C 17.37° C
December 25 12.18° C 9.69° C 17.82° C
December 26 12.14° C 9.48° C 17.83° C
December 27 12.05° C 8.84° C 17.99° C
December 28 11.84° C 8.62° C 17.47° C
December 29 12° C 8.82° C 16.48° C
December 30 12.1° C 9.44° C 15.58° C
December 31 12.19° C 9.75° C 14.79° C

Where December Sits in the Year

December highlighted

-1.0° C
7.9° C
16.8° C
25.6° C
34.5° C
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
11.55° C
9.98° C
14.14° C
17.83° C
21.73° C
25.63° C
28.57° C
28.2° C
26.21° C
21.84° C
17.54° C
13.16° C
10-year monthly history for Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina. 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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Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina Location

35.0667, -76.0167

35.06670, -76.01670 View on OpenStreetMap →

Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina sits at 35.0667°N, 76.0167°W, on the coast of North Carolina, 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.

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