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Smith Mountain Lake Sea Temperature in February

Virginia, United States

January Smith Mountain Lake year-round → March

Average sea temperature for Smith Mountain Lake, United States across February, based on 10 years of daily readings.

Average

11.39° C

High

18.3° C

Low

5.5° C

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 real risk.

February is the 12th warmest of 12 months at Smith Mountain Lake. On average the water sits 8.7° than the year-round mean of 20.07° C.

Compared to January, February is 0.7° cooler than (12.05° C in January). By March the water is usually 13.35° C.

Smith Mountain Lake Day-by-Day Water Temperature in February

10-year low, average and high

3.5° C
7.8° C
12.0° C
16.3° C
20.5° C
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5
10
15
20
25
29
Day-by-day low and high band with the 10-year daily average through February. Range Average

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 Mountain Lake.

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 Mountain Lake

10-year daily averages

Day Average Low High
February 1 10.76° C 7.51° C 15.51° C
February 2 10.33° C 6.97° C 13.05° C
February 3 10.22° C 6.49° C 13.85° C
February 4 10.01° C 6° C 12.47° C
February 5 10.23° C 6.18° C 12.94° C
February 6 10.5° C 6.26° C 13.39° C
February 7 10.65° C 6.36° C 13.83° C
February 8 10.86° C 5.96° C 14.99° C
February 9 11.04° C 5.7° C 15.52° C
February 10 11.08° C 5.81° C 13.16° C
February 11 11.46° C 5.5° C 14.46° C
February 12 11.52° C 5.99° C 14.56° C
February 13 11.74° C 6.12° C 14.78° C
February 14 11.68° C 6.4° C 15.29° C
February 15 11.82° C 6.83° C 15.75° C
February 16 11.78° C 7.33° C 15.59° C
February 17 11.84° C 7.67° C 16.04° C
February 18 11.88° C 7.3° C 16.51° C
February 19 12.06° C 7.13° C 17.01° C
February 20 11.98° C 6.89° C 17.4° C
February 21 11.75° C 6.8° C 16.58° C
February 22 11.57° C 7.25° C 16.28° C
February 23 11.7° C 7.77° C 16.63° C
February 24 11.77° C 7.81° C 16.77° C
February 25 12.11° C 7.81° C 16.42° C
February 26 12.02° C 7.73° C 16.73° C
February 27 12.16° C 7.89° C 17.66° C
February 28 12.43° C 8.06° C 18.3° C
February 29 11.52° C 11.49° C 11.55° C

Where February Sits in the Year

February highlighted

2.5° C
10.1° C
17.8° C
25.4° C
33.0° C
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
12.05° C
11.39° C
13.35° C
17.21° C
21.7° C
25.59° C
27.94° C
28.18° C
26.87° C
23.36° C
18.71° C
14.51° C
10-year monthly history for Smith Mountain Lake. Bars span historical low to high; the line marks the monthly average. Range Average
January → February → March → April → May → June → July → August → September → October → November → December →

Nearby Locations in February

Compare other United States water for the same month

Smith Mountain Lake Location

37.0497, -79.6394

37.04971, -79.63940 View on OpenStreetMap →

Smith Mountain Lake sits at 37.0497°N, 79.6394°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 Mountain Lake