Salem Sea Temperature in May

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

Average water temperature in Salem for May

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

10.91° C

(51.63° F)

  • highest: 16.18° C (61.12° F)
  • lowest: 5.98° C (42.76° F)

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 very big risk.

Water temperature range by day in May in Salem

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

Water temperatures for May in Salem in recent years

Day 2024 2023 2022 2021
1 0° C 9.66° C 7.89° C 8° C
2 0° C 9.73° C 8.02° C 8.38° C
3 0° C 9.89° C 8.01° C 8.58° C
4 0° C 9.69° C 8.31° C 8.35° C
5 0° C 9.93° C 8.72° C 8.23° C
6 0° C 10.52° C 8.87° C 8.6° C
7 0° C 11.24° C 8.73° C 8.81° C
8 0° C 11.82° C 8.52° C 8.79° C
9 0° C 11.78° C 8.52° C 9.04° C
10 0° C 11.89° C 8.64° C 9.58° C
11 0° C 12.39° C 8.69° C 9.96° C
12 0° C 12.74° C 9.17° C 10.35° C
13 0° C 13.14° C 9.63° C 11.07° C
14 0° C 13.3° C 9.52° C 11.66° C
15 0° C 13.33° C 10.03° C 11.92° C
16 0° C 13.47° C 10.53° C 11.66° C
17 0° C 13.05° C 10.75° C 11.82° C
18 0° C 12.51° C 10.72° C 12.55° C
19 0° C 12.18° C 10.74° C 13.05° C
20 0° C 12.21° C 10.78° C 13.31° C
21 0° C 12.32° C 10.79° C 13.37° C
22 0° C 12.46° C 11.54° C 14.08° C
23 0° C 12.47° C 11.84° C 15.01° C
24 0° C 12.61° C 11.8° C 14.69° C
25 0° C 12.65° C 11.86° C 13.59° C
26 0° C 12.85° C 12.25° C 13.14° C
27 0° C 13.51° C 12.6° C 13.32° C
28 0° C 13.68° C 12.94° C 12.88° C
29 0° C 13.82° C 13.9° C 11.73° C
30 0° C 13.96° C 14.38° C 10.87° C
31 0° C 14.14° C 13.53° C 10.83° C

Water temperature in May 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.

If you'd like to use any of the information above in the format it is presented, please use the citation tool below.

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

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

  • Salem Sea Temperature in May. SeaTemperatures.net. Retrieved from http://seatemperatures.net/north-america/united-states/salem-may-temperature/.