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The water temperature at Narraganset Town Beach was a cool 62 degrees Fahrenheit at 9 a.m., according to Surfline. Scarborough State Beach, also in Narraganset, was a couple degrees warmer at 64.

Misquamicut State Beach in Westerly and Easton's Beach in Newport also had water temperatures of 64 degrees. The water temperature at Second Beach in Middletown was 62 degrees.