Salem Sea Temperature in December

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

Average water temperature in Salem for December

The average, high, and low temperatures below should help you if you can swim in the water in Salem in December.

8.21° C

(46.78° F)

  • highest: 10.43° C (50.77° F)
  • lowest: 5.38° C (41.68° F)

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.

Water temperature range by day in December in Salem

The chart below shows the range of low and high temperatures by day for the month of December in Salem.

Water temperatures for December in Salem in recent years

Day 2024 2023 2022 2021
1 0° C 9.3° C 10.05° C 9.94° C
2 0° C 9.44° C 9.96° C 9.69° C
3 0° C 9.5° C 9.88° C 9.58° C
4 0° C 8.98° C 9.8° C 9.66° C
5 0° C 9.05° C 9.67° C 9.61° C
6 0° C 9.13° C 9.65° C 9.51° C
7 0° C 8.74° C 9.82° C 9.35° C
8 0° C 8.57° C 9.62° C 9.29° C
9 0° C 8.42° C 9.5° C 9.34° C
10 0° C 8.48° C 9.41° C 9.39° C
11 0° C 8.53° C 9.35° C 9.25° C
12 0° C 8.29° C 9.11° C 9.11° C
13 0° C 8.21° C 8.96° C 9.15° C
14 0° C 8.07° C 8.82° C 9.12° C
15 0° C 7.95° C 8.69° C 9.06° C
16 0° C 7.99° C 8.73° C 9.53° C
17 0° C 7.97° C 8.45° C 8.74° C
18 0° C 8.18° C 8.35° C 8.71° C
19 0° C 8.04° C 8.09° C 8.87° C
20 0° C 7.78° C 7.76° C 8.78° C
21 0° C 7.7° C 7.53° C 8.7° C
22 0° C 7.5° C 7.29° C 8.6° C
23 0° C 7.28° C 7.44° C 8.36° C
24 0° C 7.39° C 7.29° C 8.35° C
25 0° C 7.3° C 7.08° C 8.5° C
26 0° C 7.21° C 6.84° C 8.56° C
27 0° C 6.9° C 6.73° C 8.41° C
28 0° C 7.22° C 6.49° C 8.17° C
29 0° C 7.08° C 6.24° C 8.22° C
30 0° C 7.07° C 6.07° C 8.19° C
31 0° C 6.99° C 5.71° C 8.14° C

Water temperature in December for locations near Salem

Marblehead

United States, North America

2.40 miles away

Beverly Cove

United States, North America

3.21 miles away

Swampscott

United States, North America

3.52 miles away

Lynn

United States, North America

4.53 miles away

Nahant Beach

United States, North America

5.78 miles away

Nahant

United States, North America

6.56 miles away

Data source and citation

Raw data for the calculations made to find the sea surface temperature in Salem 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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  • "Salem Sea Temperature in December". SeaTemperatures.net. Accessed on April 27, 2024. http://seatemperatures.net/north-america/united-states/salem-december-temperature/.

  • "Salem Sea Temperature in December". SeaTemperatures.net, http://seatemperatures.net/north-america/united-states/salem-december-temperature/. Accessed 27 April, 2024

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