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Warmest beach in New York in January

241 coastal locations in New York ranked by their typical January sea temperature. State-wide average in January: 5.6°C.

Warmest in January

Long Island

26.3°C

State January average

5.6°C

across 241 coastal locations in New York

Vs annual mean

-7.9°C

below the year-round state average

What the New York 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.

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 January fits in the year

January 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 January mean from a decade of daily history.

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Top 50 warmest New York beaches in January

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

# Location January mean
1 Long Island New York 26.3°C
2 Smith Point New York 7.3°C
3 Ditch Plains Beach New York 7.1°C
4 Montauk New York 7.1°C
5 Bay Shore New York 6.8°C
6 Bayport Beach New York 6.8°C
7 Fire Island New York 6.8°C
8 Great River New York 6.8°C
9 Great South Bay New York 6.8°C
10 Islip New York 6.8°C
11 Kismet New York 6.8°C
12 West Sayville New York 6.8°C
13 Babylon New York 6.6°C
14 Gilgo Beach New York 6.6°C
15 Jones Beach New York 6.6°C
16 Robert Moses State Park New York 6.6°C
17 Seaford New York 6.6°C
18 Tobay Beach New York 6.6°C
19 Atlantic Beach New York 6.5°C
20 Baldwin Harbor New York 6.5°C
21 Barnum Island New York 6.5°C
22 Far Rockaway New York 6.5°C
23 Gardiners Bay New York 6.5°C
24 Harbor Isle New York 6.5°C
25 Hewlett Bay Park New York 6.5°C
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26 Hewlett Harbor New York 6.5°C
27 Island Park New York 6.5°C
28 Jones Inlet New York 6.5°C
29 Lido Beach New York 6.5°C
30 Long Beach New York 6.5°C
31 Point Lookout New York 6.5°C
32 Smith Point Bridge, Narrow Bay, Long Island New York 6.5°C
33 Bensonhurst New York 6.4°C
34 Breezy Point New York 6.4°C
35 Brighton Beach New York 6.4°C
36 Brooklyn New York 6.4°C
37 Coney Island New York 6.4°C
38 East New York New York 6.4°C
39 Fort Tilden New York 6.4°C
40 Jacob Riis Park New York 6.4°C
41 Jamaica New York 6.4°C
42 Lake Montauk, Long Island New York 6.4°C
43 Manhattan Beach New York 6.4°C
44 Montauk, Fort Pond Bay, Long Island Sound New York 6.4°C
45 Montauk Harbor entrance, Long Island, New York New York 6.4°C
46 Montauk Point Light, Long Island Sound New York 6.4°C
47 Rockaway Beach Queens New York 6.4°C
48 Rockaway Park New York 6.4°C
49 Barren Island, Rockaway Inlet, Jamaica Bay, New York New York 6.2°C
50 The Battery Harbor New York 6.2°C

Coldest 10 in New York in January

Same data the other way.

# Location January mean
1 Dunkirk New York 2.8°C
2 Westfield New York 2.8°C
3 Buffalo New York 2.8°C
4 Silver Creek New York 2.8°C
5 West Seneca New York 2.8°C
6 Alexandria Bay New York 3.0°C
7 Clayton New York 3.0°C
8 Dexter New York 3.0°C
9 Ogdensburg New York 3.0°C
10 Goat Island New York 3.6°C

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