Smith Island, Prince William Sound, Alaska Sea Temperature in January
Alaska, United States
Average sea temperature for Smith Island, Prince William Sound, Alaska, United States across January, based on 10 years of daily readings.
Average
5.23° C
High
6.44° C
Low
4.35° 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 9th warmest of 12 months at Smith Island, Prince William Sound, Alaska. On average the water sits 3.3° than the year-round mean of 8.55° C.
Compared to December, January is 1.0° cooler than (6.24° C in December). By February the water is usually 4.38° C.
Smith Island, Prince William Sound, Alaska Day-by-Day Water Temperature in January
10-year low, average and high
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 Smith Island, Prince William 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 Smith Island, Prince William Sound, Alaska
10-year daily averages
| Day | Average | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | 5.8° C | 5.29° C | 6.44° C |
| January 2 | 5.72° C | 5.13° C | 6.28° C |
| January 3 | 5.69° C | 5.28° C | 6.18° C |
| January 4 | 5.61° C | 5.26° C | 6.16° C |
| January 5 | 5.49° C | 5.23° C | 5.9° C |
| January 6 | 5.48° C | 5.15° C | 5.8° C |
| January 7 | 5.43° C | 4.96° C | 5.79° C |
| January 8 | 5.4° C | 5.06° C | 5.72° C |
| January 9 | 5.43° C | 4.98° C | 5.75° C |
| January 10 | 5.42° C | 4.95° C | 5.77° C |
| January 11 | 5.41° C | 4.97° C | 5.75° C |
| January 12 | 5.33° C | 4.82° C | 5.87° C |
| January 13 | 5.25° C | 4.87° C | 5.91° C |
| January 14 | 5.33° C | 4.88° C | 5.9° C |
| January 15 | 5.3° C | 4.79° C | 5.77° C |
| January 16 | 5.29° C | 4.66° C | 5.61° C |
| January 17 | 5.27° C | 4.59° C | 5.62° C |
| January 18 | 5.26° C | 4.53° C | 5.67° C |
| January 19 | 5.19° C | 4.48° C | 5.57° C |
| January 20 | 5.11° C | 4.48° C | 5.53° C |
| January 21 | 5.09° C | 4.46° C | 5.49° C |
| January 22 | 5.1° C | 4.53° C | 5.61° C |
| January 23 | 5.07° C | 4.55° C | 5.57° C |
| January 24 | 4.96° C | 4.47° C | 5.47° C |
| January 25 | 4.91° C | 4.62° C | 5.18° C |
| January 26 | 4.93° C | 4.52° C | 5.45° C |
| January 27 | 4.85° C | 4.41° C | 5.51° C |
| January 28 | 4.81° C | 4.45° C | 5.38° C |
| January 29 | 4.8° C | 4.5° C | 5.27° C |
| January 30 | 4.75° C | 4.39° C | 5.19° C |
| January 31 | 4.67° C | 4.35° C | 5.1° C |
Where January Sits in the Year
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Smith Island, Prince William Sound, Alaska Location
60.5333, -147.3170
Smith Island, Prince William Sound, Alaska sits at 60.5333°N, 147.3170°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.
Nearest locations to Smith Island, Prince William Sound, Alaska
- Seal Island, 13 km SW
- Naked Island, McPherson Passage, Prince William Sound, Alaska, 17 km N
- Louis Bay, Knight Island, Prince William Sound, Alaska, 21 km W
- Prince William Sound, 21 km NE
- Storey Island (north side), 23 km N
- Herring Point, Knight Island, Prince William Sound, 27 km W