New Bedford weather by month
What a typical year looks like in New Bedford, Pennsylvania: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport, 24 km from New Bedford; records cover 1897–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 41.2 in1046 mm
- Snow a year
- 68 in172 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 4
- First fall freeze
- Oct 14
- Heating degree days
- 6,090
- Cooling degree days
- 633
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 1°−17° (heating, 99%) and 91°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
New Bedford in January
Highs average 34°1° and lows 19°−7°, with 3 in77 mm of precipitation and 20 in50 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 71°22° (1950)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1994)
- Heating degree days
- 1184
- Cooling degree days
- 0
New Bedford in February
Highs average 37°3° and lows 21°−6°, with 2.5 in64 mm of precipitation and 15 in38 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 75°24° (2017)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (1934)
- Heating degree days
- 1008
- Cooling degree days
- 0
New Bedford in March
Highs average 47°8° and lows 28°−2°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation and 11 in27 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1938)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1980)
- Heating degree days
- 862
- Cooling degree days
- 1
New Bedford in April
Highs average 60°16° and lows 38°3°, with 3.8 in95 mm of precipitation and 2.6 in6.6 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1942)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 484
- Cooling degree days
- 7
New Bedford in May
Highs average 71°22° and lows 48°9°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1941)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 222
- Cooling degree days
- 43
New Bedford in June
Highs average 79°26° and lows 56°13°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1933)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 52
- Cooling degree days
- 127
New Bedford in July
Highs average 83°28° and lows 60°16°, with 4.3 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1936)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1898)
- Heating degree days
- 9
- Cooling degree days
- 211
New Bedford in August
Highs average 81°27° and lows 59°15°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1930)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 17
- Cooling degree days
- 170
New Bedford in September
Highs average 74°24° and lows 52°11°, with 3.8 in98 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1954)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1942)
- Heating degree days
- 119
- Cooling degree days
- 65
New Bedford in OctoberThis month
Highs average 62°17° and lows 42°6°, with 3.3 in85 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1939)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1969)
- Heating degree days
- 408
- Cooling degree days
- 9
New Bedford in November
Highs average 50°10° and lows 33°1°, with 3 in75 mm of precipitation and 5 in11 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1961)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1958)
- Heating degree days
- 705
- Cooling degree days
- 0
New Bedford in December
Highs average 39°4° and lows 26°−4°, with 3.2 in81 mm of precipitation and 15 in38 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1982)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1020
- Cooling degree days
- 0