Smith Island (Coast Guard Station), Virginia Sea Temperature in February
Virginia, United States
Average sea temperature for Smith Island (Coast Guard Station), Virginia, United States across February, based on 10 years of daily readings.
Average
5.38° C
High
9.37° C
Low
0.23° 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.
February is the 12th warmest of 12 months at Smith Island (Coast Guard Station), Virginia. On average the water sits 10.9° than the year-round mean of 16.29° C.
Compared to January, February is 1.4° cooler than (6.82° C in January). By March the water is usually 8.5° C.
Smith Island (Coast Guard Station), Virginia Day-by-Day Water Temperature in February
10-year low, average and high
Each vertical bar above is one day of February. 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 Smith Island (Coast Guard Station), Virginia.
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.
February Water Temperature Table for Smith Island (Coast Guard Station), Virginia
10-year daily averages
| Day | Average | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 1 | 5.34° C | 2.75° C | 7.07° C |
| February 2 | 5.23° C | 2.23° C | 7.1° C |
| February 3 | 5.03° C | 2.01° C | 7.1° C |
| February 4 | 5.07° C | 1.88° C | 7.17° C |
| February 5 | 5.11° C | 1.59° C | 7.35° C |
| February 6 | 5.13° C | 1.38° C | 7.67° C |
| February 7 | 5.03° C | 1.01° C | 7.57° C |
| February 8 | 5.03° C | 0.42° C | 7.32° C |
| February 9 | 5.08° C | 0.23° C | 7.17° C |
| February 10 | 5.12° C | 0.35° C | 7.3° C |
| February 11 | 5.29° C | 0.77° C | 7.79° C |
| February 12 | 5.48° C | 0.96° C | 8.18° C |
| February 13 | 5.45° C | 0.9° C | 8.35° C |
| February 14 | 5.35° C | 1.02° C | 8° C |
| February 15 | 5.24° C | 0.97° C | 7.67° C |
| February 16 | 5.32° C | 1.3° C | 7.57° C |
| February 17 | 5.33° C | 1.31° C | 7.61° C |
| February 18 | 5.25° C | 0.53° C | 8.18° C |
| February 19 | 5.4° C | 1.12° C | 7.99° C |
| February 20 | 5.39° C | 1.38° C | 7.99° C |
| February 21 | 5.3° C | 1.82° C | 8.37° C |
| February 22 | 5.19° C | 1.47° C | 8.46° C |
| February 23 | 5.31° C | 1.37° C | 8.85° C |
| February 24 | 5.63° C | 1.32° C | 9.37° C |
| February 25 | 5.82° C | 1.47° C | 9.07° C |
| February 26 | 5.85° C | 1.74° C | 8.41° C |
| February 27 | 5.99° C | 2.22° C | 8.45° C |
| February 28 | 6.19° C | 2.26° C | 8.64° C |
| February 29 | 7.61° C | 7.16° C | 8.05° C |
Where February Sits in the Year
February highlighted
Nearby Locations in February
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Smith Island (Coast Guard Station), Virginia Location
37.1233, -75.9117
Smith Island (Coast Guard Station), Virginia sits at 37.1233°N, 75.9117°W, on the coast of Virginia, 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.
Nearest locations to Smith Island (Coast Guard Station), Virginia
- Fishermans Island, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, 7.0 km SW
- Kiptopeke Beach, Chesapeake Bay, 8.2 km NW
- Old Plantation Light, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, 17 km NW
- Cape Charles Harbor, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, 18 km NW
- Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, Chesapeake Bay, 18 km SW
- Cape Charles Harbor (USCG Wharf), Chesapeake Bay, 18 km NW