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Olga Point, Olga Strait, Sitka Sound, Alaska Sea Temperature in January

Alaska, United States

December Olga Point, Olga Strait, Sitka Sound, Alaska year-round → February

Average sea temperature for Olga Point, Olga Strait, Sitka Sound, Alaska, United States across January, based on 10 years of daily readings.

Average

6.65° C

High

8.17° C

Low

4.99° 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 10th warmest of 12 months at Olga Point, Olga Strait, Sitka Sound, Alaska. On average the water sits 2.6° than the year-round mean of 9.24° C.

Compared to December, January is 0.8° cooler than (7.48° C in December). By February the water is usually 6.21° C.

Olga Point, Olga Strait, Sitka Sound, Alaska Day-by-Day Water Temperature in January

10-year low, average and high

4.0° C
5.3° C
6.5° C
7.8° C
9.0° C
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5
10
15
20
25
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Day-by-day low and high band with the 10-year daily average through January. Range Average

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 Olga Point, Olga Strait, Sitka Sound, 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 Olga Point, Olga Strait, Sitka Sound, Alaska

10-year daily averages

Day Average Low High
January 1 7.13° C 6.08° C 8.05° C
January 2 7.13° C 6° C 8.14° C
January 3 7.02° C 5.81° C 8.17° C
January 4 6.89° C 5.72° C 8.05° C
January 5 6.92° C 5.89° C 7.93° C
January 6 6.97° C 5.84° C 7.84° C
January 7 6.97° C 5.79° C 7.65° C
January 8 6.94° C 5.69° C 7.91° C
January 9 6.91° C 5.77° C 7.98° C
January 10 6.84° C 5.88° C 7.91° C
January 11 6.8° C 5.56° C 7.76° C
January 12 6.7° C 5.28° C 7.55° C
January 13 6.65° C 4.99° C 7.56° C
January 14 6.67° C 5.12° C 7.56° C
January 15 6.61° C 5.17° C 7.43° C
January 16 6.61° C 5.39° C 7.5° C
January 17 6.58° C 5.46° C 7.53° C
January 18 6.5° C 5.44° C 7.43° C
January 19 6.5° C 5.47° C 7.36° C
January 20 6.46° C 5.38° C 7.36° C
January 21 6.41° C 5.4° C 7.26° C
January 22 6.44° C 5.71° C 7.21° C
January 23 6.4° C 5.79° C 7.25° C
January 24 6.4° C 5.75° C 7.3° C
January 25 6.37° C 5.83° C 7.14° C
January 26 6.31° C 5.69° C 7.1° C
January 27 6.26° C 5.43° C 6.95° C
January 28 6.3° C 5.37° C 7.07° C
January 29 6.39° C 5.8° C 7.23° C
January 30 6.47° C 5.88° C 7.28° C
January 31 6.49° C 5.72° C 7.29° C

Where January Sits in the Year

January highlighted

3.5° C
6.9° C
10.3° C
13.6° C
17.0° C
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
6.65° C
6.21° C
5.92° C
6.66° C
8.4° C
10.5° C
12.92° C
13.91° C
12.63° C
10.76° C
8.83° C
7.48° C
10-year monthly history for Olga Point, Olga Strait, Sitka Sound, Alaska. 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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Olga Point, Olga Strait, Sitka Sound, Alaska Location

57.2283, -135.5370

57.22830, -135.53700 View on OpenStreetMap →

Olga Point, Olga Strait, Sitka Sound, Alaska sits at 57.2283°N, 135.5370°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.

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