South Merrick, New York, U.S. January 12, 2014. Mild winter weather, with a low of 33∞F and high of 50∞F, helps make it a fine day for visitors to walk on the marshland trails at Norman J Levy Park and Preserve. This man is walking on the hilltop, the highest point of the South Shore of Long Island, and pleasant weather is expected to continue for several days.