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Warmest beach in New York in December

241 coastal locations in New York ranked by their typical December sea temperature. State-wide average in December: 8.7°C.

Warmest in December

Long Island

27.1°C

State December average

8.7°C

across 241 coastal locations in New York

Vs annual mean

-4.9°C

below the year-round state average

What the New York water feels like in December

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.

New York monthly average 4.0°C to 23.4°C
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  • Warmest month August 23.4°C
  • Coldest month February 4.0°C
  • Annual mean 13.5°C
  • Months above 20°C 3 of 12

Where December fits in the year

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

New York sea temperature map (live)

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

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Top 50 warmest New York beaches in December

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

# Location December mean
1 Long Island New York 27.1°C
2 Smith Point New York 10.3°C
3 Ditch Plains Beach New York 10.2°C
4 Montauk New York 10.2°C
5 Bay Shore New York 10.0°C
6 Bayport Beach New York 10.0°C
7 Fire Island New York 10.0°C
8 Great River New York 10.0°C
9 Great South Bay New York 10.0°C
10 Islip New York 10.0°C
11 Kismet New York 10.0°C
12 West Sayville New York 10.0°C
13 Babylon New York 9.8°C
14 Gilgo Beach New York 9.8°C
15 Jones Beach New York 9.8°C
16 Robert Moses State Park New York 9.8°C
17 Seaford New York 9.8°C
18 Tobay Beach New York 9.8°C
19 Gardiners Bay New York 9.7°C
20 Atlantic Beach New York 9.6°C
21 Baldwin Harbor New York 9.6°C
22 Barnum Island New York 9.6°C
23 Far Rockaway New York 9.6°C
24 Harbor Isle New York 9.6°C
25 Hewlett Bay Park New York 9.6°C
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26 Hewlett Harbor New York 9.6°C
27 Island Park New York 9.6°C
28 Jones Inlet New York 9.6°C
29 Lido Beach New York 9.6°C
30 Long Beach New York 9.6°C
31 Point Lookout New York 9.6°C
32 Smith Point Bridge, Narrow Bay, Long Island New York 9.6°C
33 Bensonhurst New York 9.4°C
34 Breezy Point New York 9.4°C
35 Brighton Beach New York 9.4°C
36 Brooklyn New York 9.4°C
37 Coney Island New York 9.4°C
38 East New York New York 9.4°C
39 Fort Tilden New York 9.4°C
40 Jacob Riis Park New York 9.4°C
41 Jamaica New York 9.4°C
42 Manhattan Beach New York 9.4°C
43 Rockaway Beach Queens New York 9.4°C
44 Rockaway Park New York 9.4°C
45 Lake Montauk, Long Island New York 9.4°C
46 Montauk, Fort Pond Bay, Long Island Sound New York 9.4°C
47 Montauk Harbor entrance, Long Island, New York New York 9.4°C
48 Montauk Point Light, Long Island Sound New York 9.4°C
49 Shinnecock Inlet (ocean), Long Island New York 9.3°C
50 Greenport New York 9.3°C

Coldest 10 in New York in December

Same data the other way.

# Location December mean
1 Goat Island New York 4.8°C
2 Youngstown New York 4.8°C
3 Olcott New York 5.0°C
4 Tonawanda New York 5.0°C
5 Buffalo New York 6.0°C
6 Silver Creek New York 6.0°C
7 West Seneca New York 6.0°C
8 Dunkirk New York 6.1°C
9 Alexandria Bay New York 6.2°C
10 Clayton New York 6.2°C

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