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Satellite view of Bergen Basin; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

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Bergen Basin

United StatesNew York · United States · Pacific Ocean

40.6596, -73.8226 · Howard Beach, 1 km

  • 23°Sea · August
  • 26°High · July
  • 8.8 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Bergen Basin. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Bergen Basin in October

  • 18°CAir, daytime high12°C at night
  • 17°CSea temperature
  • 5.1 hSunshine a day
  • 9 daysRainy days in the month124 mm in total
  • 21 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 34Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 4 kmAirport: John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 18.8 °C — 1.5 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 17.3 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 17.6 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaJuly and August23 °C
Most sunshineJune and July9 h of sun a day
Least rainFebruary and September95 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan6°4 h99 mm
  2. Feb4°5 h95 mm
  3. Mar5°6 h114 mm
  4. Apr8°7 h107 mm
  5. May13°7 h101 mm
  6. Jun18°8 h115 mm
  7. Jul22°9 h114 mm
  8. Aug23°8 h114 mm
  9. Sep21°7 h97 mm
  10. Oct17°5 h124 mm
  11. Nov13°4 h101 mm
  12. Dec9°3 h133 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6°Feb: 4°Mar: 5°Apr: 8°May: 13°Jun: 18°Jul: 22°Aug: 23°Sep: 21°Oct: 17°Nov: 13°Dec: 9°4°23°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 1 °C (High 4° / Low -2°)Feb: 1 °C (High 4° / Low -1°)Mar: 4 °C (High 7° / Low 1°)Apr: 9 °C (High 12° / Low 6°)May: 14 °C (High 17° / Low 12°)Jun: 20 °C (High 22° / Low 17°)Jul: 24 °C (High 26° / Low 21°)Aug: 24 °C (High 26° / Low 21°)Sep: 21 °C (High 23° / Low 18°)Oct: 15 °C (High 18° / Low 12°)Nov: 9 °C (High 12° / Low 7°)Dec: 4 °C (High 7° / Low 2°)24°1°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mm150 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 99 mmFeb: 95 mm95Mar: 114 mmApr: 107 mmMay: 101 mmJun: 115 mmJul: 114 mmAug: 114 mmSep: 97 mmOct: 124 mmNov: 101 mmDec: 133 mm133

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 3.7 hFeb: 4.9 hMar: 5.8 hApr: 7.1 hMay: 7.4 hJun: 8.3 hJul: 8.8 h8.8Aug: 8.0 hSep: 7.0 hOct: 5.1 hNov: 4.4 hDec: 3.2 h3.2

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Bergen Basin: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Bergen Basin: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January4-2699103.723
February4-149594.923
March715114115.822
April1268107117.119
May171213101127.417
June221718115138.315
July262122114138.815
Augustwarmest sea262123114138.015
September23182197107.017
October18121712495.121
November1271310184.421
December729133113.223

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Bergen Basin: Queens, NY, USA - panoramio (3)
Photo: Андрей Бобровский · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Bergen Basin: Hurricane Sandy Aftermath - Howard Beach - 10 30 2012 (8145589839)
Photo: Pamela Andrade · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER19 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20206 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.119 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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