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Wilmington Beach, North Carolina Sea Temperature in May

North Carolina, United States

April Wilmington Beach, North Carolina year-round → June

Average sea temperature for Wilmington Beach, North Carolina, United States across May, based on 10 years of daily readings.

Average

21.78° C

High

25.31° C

Low

18.72° C

Water at this temperature is very pleasant to swim in. If you tend to wear a wetsuit when swimming, you might consider removing it now to avoid the body overheating.

May is the 6th warmest of 12 months at Wilmington Beach, North Carolina. On average the water sits 1.8° than the year-round mean of 19.97° C.

Compared to April, May is 3.8° warmer than (18.01° C in April). By June the water is usually 25.48° C.

Wilmington Beach, North Carolina Day-by-Day Water Temperature in May

10-year low, average and high

17.5° C
19.8° C
22.0° C
24.3° C
26.5° C
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5
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20
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Day-by-day low and high band with the 10-year daily average through May. Range Average

Each vertical bar above is one day of May. 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 Wilmington Beach, North Carolina.

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.

May Water Temperature Table for Wilmington Beach, North Carolina

10-year daily averages

Day Average Low High
May 1 20.03° C 19.04° C 20.55° C
May 2 20.16° C 18.81° C 20.91° C
May 3 20.32° C 18.72° C 21.3° C
May 4 20.62° C 18.83° C 21.87° C
May 5 20.9° C 18.83° C 22.16° C
May 6 21.16° C 19.76° C 22.2° C
May 7 21.17° C 19.76° C 22.29° C
May 8 21.13° C 19.8° C 22.22° C
May 9 21.02° C 19.86° C 22.33° C
May 10 20.95° C 19.83° C 22.41° C
May 11 20.94° C 20.08° C 22.31° C
May 12 20.88° C 20.01° C 22.38° C
May 13 20.89° C 19.95° C 22.52° C
May 14 21.08° C 20.2° C 22.65° C
May 15 21.26° C 20.09° C 22.92° C
May 16 21.58° C 20.27° C 23.3° C
May 17 21.91° C 20.46° C 23.8° C
May 18 22.15° C 20.61° C 24.05° C
May 19 22.26° C 20.98° C 23.93° C
May 20 22.31° C 21.26° C 23.88° C
May 21 22.42° C 21.5° C 24.09° C
May 22 22.6° C 21.7° C 24.35° C
May 23 22.87° C 21.99° C 24.23° C
May 24 23.2° C 22.02° C 24.08° C
May 25 23.36° C 22.03° C 23.9° C
May 26 23.34° C 21.77° C 24.12° C
May 27 23.18° C 20.87° C 24.37° C
May 28 23.29° C 20.68° C 24.64° C
May 29 23.5° C 20.72° C 24.69° C
May 30 23.58° C 20.83° C 24.75° C
May 31 23.52° C 20.85° C 25.31° C

Where May Sits in the Year

May highlighted

4.0° C
11.3° C
18.5° C
25.8° C
33.0° C
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
11.57° C
10.57° C
13.8° C
18.01° C
21.78° C
25.48° C
28.09° C
28.23° C
26.63° C
23.04° C
18.53° C
13.91° C
10-year monthly history for Wilmington Beach, North Carolina. 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 →

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Wilmington Beach, North Carolina Location

34.0317, -77.8933

34.03170, -77.89330 View on OpenStreetMap →

Wilmington Beach, North Carolina sits at 34.0317°N, 77.8933°W, on the coast of North Carolina, 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.

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