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JanuaryThe coldest month: normals, mid-winter daylight, county archery season, ticks and seals.Read the month
Living out east after Labor Day
The Hamptons for the other nine months. Pick a town, see what winter is like there, and rent a house you can live in.
Which town is yours?
Schools, the commute, what stays open and what a lease costs, town by town.
Or pick by what matters
Swipe for all six
MontaukThe end of the island. A working harbor, surf beaches, a lighthouse and a winter milder than anywhere inland.
East HamptonThe South Fork's civic capital. Elms, a pond and a windmill, three school campuses, the emergency department and a Main Street that keeps working.
Sag HarborA whaling port that still works. Harbor, Main Street, library and school, split across two towns.
AmagansettWide ocean beaches and a tight little Main Street. Four in five houses are second homes, so winter belongs to whoever stays.
Shelter IslandAn island town with two ferries, one PreK-12 school and no bridge. Winter runs on the boat schedule.
SouthamptonThe South Fork's winter machinery. Hospital, full school district, train and Jitney, and a village that keeps its lights on.
This month out east
JanuaryThe coldest month: normals, mid-winter daylight, county archery season, ticks and seals.Read the month
FebruaryThe snowiest month on the normals, the party-enrollment deadline and the first long evenings.Read the month
MarchDaylight saving time begins, the East Hampton permit year and bay scallop season both close on March 31.Read the month
AprilEast Hampton's recycling permit year restarts April 1, evenings pass 7 p.m. and the snow ends.Read the month
MaySchool budget votes on the third Tuesday, winter leases end at Memorial Day and the heating season closes.Read the month
JuneThe longest days of the year, hurricane season begins June 1 and the summer rental season starts.Read the month
JulyThe warmest and driest month on the normals, with nearly fifteen hours of light.Read the month
AugustLate-summer normals, shortening days, and the weeks before Labor Day turnover.Read the month
SeptemberLabor Day ends the summer lease year and starts the winter rental season.Read the month
OctoberArchery season starts on county land, the state heating season begins and the sun sets before 6:15.Read the month
NovemberDaylight saving time ends, bay scallop season opens and sunset arrives before 4:35.Read the month
DecemberThe shortest day, the earliest sunsets and the wettest month at Bridgehampton.Read the month
The year, month by month
Daylight, weather and the deadlines that come around every year. Pick a month, or the one you are in.
- Daylight on Dec. 15
- 9 h 16 min
- Daylight on June 15
- 15 h 06 min
- January low, Bridgehampton
- 23°
- February snow, Bridgehampton
- 8.6 in