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Weather extremes
How extreme does New Bedford's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days New Bedford has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days New Bedford has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 17°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in New Bedford (typical high near 82°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 30°F colder than a normal February night in New Bedford (typical low near 19°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than New Bedford usually gets in the whole month of July (typical July total about 3.3 in).
The three most extreme on record
Close to a whole typical February's snow in one day (New Bedford averages about 14 in across the month).
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
New Bedford's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 99°F is about 17°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Providence (NOAA GHCN station USW00014765), about 43 km from the city centre.