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Bedford, New Hampshire climate

Dfa Hot-summer humid continental

Bedford has a strongly seasonal cool-temperate climate (Hot-summer humid continental, Köppen Dfa). The hottest month is July with an average daily high near 84°F, while the coldest is January averaging around 17°F at night. Precipitation is fairly even year-round, totalling about 40 inches.

☀️ Summers

Warm

Highs near 84°F in July.

About 15 days a year above 90 °F

❄️ Winters

Very cold

Lows near 17°F in January.

About 124 freezing nights a year

🌧️ Rain

Wet

About 40 in of rain a year.

Wettest in June

⛅ Sky & trend

Partly cloudy

A roughly even mix of sun and cloud.

+0.2 °F vs 50 years ago

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Clear vs cloudy days

Share of days each month that are clear, partly cloudy or cloudy · 1991–2020 · hover a month for the day counts

Bedford climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	34	37	46	59	70	79	84	82	75	62	50	39
Avg temp (°F)	26	28	37	48	59	68	74	72	64	52	42	31
Avg low (°F)	17	19	27	38	48	58	64	62	54	42	33	24
Precipitation (in)	2.4	2.7	3.5	3.3	3.4	4.0	3.3	3.4	3.7	3.9	3.5	3.3

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°F)	34	37	46	59	70	79
Avg temp (°F)	26	28	37	48	59	68
Avg low (°F)	17	19	27	38	48	58
Precipitation (in)	2.4	2.7	3.5	3.3	3.4	4.0

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	84	82	75	62	50	39
Avg temp (°F)	74	72	64	52	42	31
Avg low (°F)	64	62	54	42	33	24
Precipitation (in)	3.3	3.4	3.7	3.9	3.5	3.3

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	9	9	10	11	12	12	11	10	9	11	10	10
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	0.0	—	—	0.2	1	3	6	4	1	—	—	—
Days with low ≤ 32°F (days)	28	25	21	7	0.3	0.0	—	—	0.1	3	15	26
Days with snowfall ≥ 1 in (days)	1	2	0.6	0.2	—	—	—	—	—	0.0	0.2	1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with measurable rain (days)	9	9	10	11	12	12
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	0.0	—	—	0.2	1	3
Days with low ≤ 32°F (days)	28	25	21	7	0.3	0.0
Days with snowfall ≥ 1 in (days)	1	2	0.6	0.2	—	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	11	10	9	11	10	10
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	6	4	1	—	—	—
Days with low ≤ 32°F (days)	—	—	0.1	3	15	26
Days with snowfall ≥ 1 in (days)	—	—	—	0.0	0.2	1

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	63	62	62	64	65	63	57	56	55	60	62	63
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	5	5	6	5	5	5	6	7	9	7	6	5
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	11	11	10	10	10	11	14	12	10	10	10	12
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	14	13	14	15	16	14	11	12	11	14	14	14
Relative humidity (%)	89	88	84	79	79	79	77	75	76	78	82	87
Wind speed (mph)	1.2	1.6	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	63	62	62	64	65	63
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	5	5	6	5	5	5
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	11	11	10	10	10	11
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	14	13	14	15	16	14
Relative humidity (%)	89	88	84	79	79	79
Wind speed (mph)	1.2	1.6	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.3

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	57	56	55	60	62	63
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	6	7	9	7	6	5
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	14	12	10	10	10	12
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	11	12	11	14	14	14
Relative humidity (%)	77	75	76	78	82	87
Wind speed (mph)	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Manchester AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00014710), about 7 km from the city centre.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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