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Warmest beach in Virginia in January

130 coastal locations in Virginia ranked by their typical January sea temperature. State-wide average in January: 5.7°C.

Warmest in January

Smith Mountain Lake

12.1°C

State January average

5.7°C

across 130 coastal locations in Virginia

Vs annual mean

-10.5°C

below the year-round state average

What the Virginia water feels like in January

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.

Virginia monthly average 4.8°C to 27.1°C
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  • Warmest month July 27.1°C
  • Coldest month February 4.8°C
  • Annual mean 16.2°C
  • Months above 20°C 4 of 12

Where January fits in the year

January sits inside the state pattern shown on the left. Browse a different month for a fresh ranking.

Virginia sea temperature map (live)

Today's reading at every Virginia beach we track. The list below uses the typical January mean from a decade of daily history.

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Top 50 warmest Virginia beaches in January

Sorted by typical January mean. Click any beach for the full location page.

# Location January mean
1 Smith Mountain Lake Virginia 12.1°C
2 Inside channel, Rudee Inlet Virginia 7.5°C
3 Lake Rudee, south end, Virginia Virginia 7.5°C
4 Rudee Heights, Lake Wesley, Virginia Virginia 7.5°C
5 Rudee Inlet entrance, Virginia Virginia 7.5°C
6 Virginia Beach, Virginia Virginia 7.5°C
7 Sandbridge Virginia 7.3°C
8 Folly Creek, Metompkin Inlet, Virginia Virginia 7.1°C
9 Great Machipongo Inlet (inside), Virginia Virginia 7.1°C
10 Metompkin Inlet, Virginia Virginia 7.1°C
11 Revel Island, Revel Creek, Virginia Virginia 7.1°C
12 Wachapreague, Wachapreague Channel Virginia 7.1°C
13 Captains Cove Virginia 7.0°C
14 Chincoteague Virginia 7.0°C
15 Fishermans Island, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Virginia 6.8°C
16 Kiptopeke Beach, Chesapeake Bay Virginia 6.8°C
17 Smith Island (Coast Guard Station), Virginia Virginia 6.8°C
18 Virginia Beach Virginia 6.6°C
19 Assateague Beach, Toms Cove, Virginia Virginia 6.5°C
20 Chincoteague Channel (south end), Chincoteague Bay Virginia 6.5°C
21 Gargathy Neck, Virginia Virginia 6.5°C
22 Guard Shore, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Virginia 6.5°C
23 Harbor of Refuge, Virginia Virginia 6.5°C
24 Muddy Creek Entrance, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Virginia 6.5°C
25 Saxis, Starling Creek Virginia 6.5°C
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26 Wallops Island, Virginia Virginia 6.5°C
27 Wishart Point, Bogues Bay, Virginia Virginia 6.5°C
28 Burwell Bay, James River Virginia 6.2°C
29 Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, Chesapeake Bay Virginia 6.2°C
30 Claremont, James River, Virginia Virginia 6.2°C
31 Fort Eustis (MARAD), James River Virginia 6.2°C
32 Gloucester Point, York River Virginia 6.2°C
33 Goodwin Neck, Yorktown, York River, Virginia Virginia 6.2°C
34 Jamestown Island, Church Point, Virginia Virginia 6.2°C
35 Jamestown Wharf, Jamestown Virginia 6.2°C
36 Kingsmill, James River Virginia 6.2°C
37 Menchville, James River, Virginia Virginia 6.2°C
38 Messick Point, Back River, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Virginia 6.2°C
39 Mulberry Point, Fort Eustis, Virginia Virginia 6.2°C
40 Old Plantation Light, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Virginia 6.2°C
41 Scotland, James River Virginia 6.2°C
42 Smithfield, Pagan River, James River, Virginia Virginia 6.2°C
43 Tettington, James River Virginia 6.2°C
44 Tue Marshes Light, York River, Virginia Virginia 6.2°C
45 Yorktown USCG Training Center, York River Virginia 6.2°C
46 Oyster Harbor, Virginia Virginia 6.2°C
47 Sand Shoal Inlet (Coast Guard Station), Virginia Virginia 6.2°C
48 Upshur Neck, south end, Virginia Virginia 6.2°C
49 Acree Acres Virginia 6.0°C
50 Buckroe Beach Virginia 6.0°C

Coldest 10 in Virginia in January

Same data the other way.

# Location January mean
1 Alexandria, Potomac River, Virginia Virginia 3.8°C
2 Cherry Hill Virginia 3.9°C
3 Colonial Beach Virginia 4.1°C
4 Dahlgren Virginia 4.1°C
5 Quantico, Potomac River, Virginia Virginia 4.2°C
6 Aquia Creek, Potomac River, Virginia Virginia 4.4°C
7 Chester, James River, Virginia Virginia 4.4°C
8 Colonial Beach, Potomac River Virginia 4.4°C
9 Dahlgren, Upper Machodoc Creek, Potomac River Virginia 4.4°C
10 Hopewell, City Point, James River Virginia 4.4°C

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