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Warmest beach in New York

241 coastal locations in New York ranked by year-round average sea temperature. The state-wide average is 13.5°C. The peak month is August at 23.4°C. Click any beach for its 30-day chart and 10-year history.

Warmest year-round

Long Island

27.7°C annual mean

State-wide average

13.5°C

across 241 New York coastal locations

Warmest month

August

23.4°C state-wide average

What the water feels like at peak in August

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.

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

Month by month around the New York coast

New York sea temperatures swing from 4.0°C in February to 23.4°C in August on average across the coast. That's a spread of 19°C. Pick a single month for a focused ranking:

New York sea temperature map

Today's pin colours show the latest daily reading at every New York beach we track. Drag and zoom; click any pin for that beach's full page.

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Top 50 warmest beaches in New York

Sorted by year-round average. Click any beach for its 30-day chart, monthly profile, and 10-year history.

# Location Annual mean
1 Long Island New York 27.7°C
2 Smith Point New York 14.0°C
3 Atlantic Beach New York 14.0°C
4 Babylon New York 14.0°C
5 Baldwin Harbor New York 14.0°C
6 Barnum Island New York 14.0°C
7 Far Rockaway New York 14.0°C
8 Gilgo Beach New York 14.0°C
9 Harbor Isle New York 14.0°C
10 Hewlett Bay Park New York 14.0°C
11 Hewlett Harbor New York 14.0°C
12 Island Park New York 14.0°C
13 Jones Beach New York 14.0°C
14 Jones Inlet New York 14.0°C
15 Lido Beach New York 14.0°C
16 Long Beach New York 14.0°C
17 Point Lookout New York 14.0°C
18 Robert Moses State Park New York 14.0°C
19 Seaford New York 14.0°C
20 Tobay Beach New York 14.0°C
21 Bay Shore New York 14.0°C
22 Bayport Beach New York 14.0°C
23 Fire Island New York 14.0°C
24 Great River New York 14.0°C
25 Great South Bay New York 14.0°C
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26 Islip New York 14.0°C
27 Kismet New York 14.0°C
28 West Sayville New York 14.0°C
29 Bensonhurst New York 14.0°C
30 Breezy Point New York 14.0°C
31 Brighton Beach New York 14.0°C
32 Brooklyn New York 14.0°C
33 Coney Island New York 14.0°C
34 East New York New York 14.0°C
35 Fort Tilden New York 14.0°C
36 Jacob Riis Park New York 14.0°C
37 Jamaica New York 14.0°C
38 Manhattan Beach New York 14.0°C
39 Rockaway Beach Queens New York 14.0°C
40 Rockaway Park New York 14.0°C
41 Barren Island, Rockaway Inlet, Jamaica Bay, New York New York 13.9°C
42 The Battery Harbor New York 13.9°C
43 Beach Channel (bridge), Jamaica Bay New York 13.9°C
44 Bergen Point West Reach, Kill Van Kull New York 13.9°C
45 Brooklyn Bridge, East River New York 13.9°C
46 Canarsie, Jamaica Bay, New York New York 13.9°C
47 College Pt, Ft. of 110th Street, Long Island New York 13.9°C
48 Coney Island, New York New York 13.9°C
49 East 41st Street, New York City, East River, New York New York 13.9°C
50 Ferry Slip, Dyckman Street, Hudson River New York 13.9°C

Coldest 10 in New York

Same data, sorted the other way.

# Location Annual mean
1 Olcott New York 10.7°C
2 Goat Island New York 10.8°C
3 Youngstown New York 10.8°C
4 Tonawanda New York 10.9°C
5 Alexandria Bay New York 11.1°C
6 Clayton New York 11.1°C
7 Dexter New York 11.1°C
8 Ogdensburg New York 11.1°C
9 Rochester New York 11.1°C
10 Fair Haven New York 11.3°C

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