Sleeping Bear Sea Temperature in December

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

Average water temperature in Sleeping Bear for December

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

6.21° C

(43.18° F)

  • highest: 9.5° C (49.1° F)
  • lowest: 2.74° C (36.93° 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 Sleeping Bear

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

Water temperatures for December in Sleeping Bear in recent years

Day 2024 2023 2022 2021
1 0° C 6.81° C 6.87° C 7.25° C
2 0° C 6.7° C 6.55° C 7.38° C
3 0° C 6.29° C 6.31° C 7.32° C
4 0° C 6.46° C 6.32° C 7.42° C
5 0° C 6.42° C 6.38° C 7.38° C
6 0° C 6.27° C 6.41° C 6.94° C
7 0° C 6.31° C 6.67° C 7.07° C
8 0° C 6.44° C 6.37° C 6.74° C
9 0° C 6.48° C 6.28° C 6.41° C
10 0° C 6.54° C 6.28° C 5.73° C
11 0° C 6.6° C 6.41° C 6.17° C
12 0° C 6.47° C 6.26° C 6.37° C
13 0° C 6.37° C 6.07° C 6.42° C
14 0° C 6.3° C 6.39° C 6.38° C
15 0° C 6.47° C 6.17° C 6.4° C
16 0° C 6.59° C 5.67° C 6.36° C
17 0° C 6.41° C 5.65° C 6.23° C
18 0° C 6.16° C 5.52° C 5.98° C
19 0° C 6.14° C 5.58° C 6.65° C
20 0° C 5.87° C 5.85° C 6.47° C
21 0° C 5.79° C 6.09° C 6.44° C
22 0° C 5.81° C 5.65° C 6.55° C
23 0° C 6.46° C 5.2° C 5.97° C
24 0° C 5.91° C 5.1° C 5.66° C
25 0° C 5.59° C 5.17° C 6.09° C
26 0° C 5.49° C 5.67° C 6.19° C
27 0° C 5.9° C 5.69° C 6.23° C
28 0° C 5.89° C 4.98° C 6.6° C
29 0° C 5.86° C 4.8° C 6.38° C
30 0° C 5.8° C 4.9° C 6.32° C
31 0° C 5.9° C 4.95° C 6.27° C

Water temperature in December for locations near Sleeping Bear

Glen Arbor

United States, North America

3.29 miles away

Empire

United States, North America

4.35 miles away

Leland

United States, North America

17.41 miles away

Frankfort

United States, North America

18.96 miles away

Suttons Bay

United States, North America

20.65 miles away

Greilickville

United States, North America

20.94 miles away

Data source and citation

Raw data for the calculations made to find the sea surface temperature in Sleeping Bear 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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  • "Sleeping Bear Sea Temperature in December". SeaTemperatures.net. Accessed on April 29, 2024. http://seatemperatures.net/north-america/united-states/sleeping-bear-december-temperature/.

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