New Bedford December 31 Weather Records

Daily averages and all-time records for weather in New Bedford, Massachusetts for the date of December 31 (New Year's Eve).
December 31 All-Time Records
1893–2024
Highest temperature 60 °F 1965
Lowest temperature -3 °F 1962
Lowest daily high 10 °F 1962
Highest daily low 47 °F 2022
Most precipitation 1.03 inches 1936
December 31 Average Weather
1991–2020 1
Average high 41.1 °F
Average low 24.3 °F
Chance precipitation 39.3%
New Bedford December 31 Weather by Year
Year High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
2023 43 35 0.00 n/a
2022 58 47 0.58 n/a
2021 50 42 0.02 n/a
2020 51 31 0.28 n/a
2019 44 36 0.04 n/a
2018 45 21 0.38 n/a
2017 15 3 0.00 n/a
2016 49 26 0.00 n/a
2015 52 37 0.25 n/a
2014 31 14 0.00 n/a
2013 27 17 0.00 n/a
2012 35 20 0.00 n/a
2011 47 32 0.08 n/a
2010 49 25 0.00 n/a
2009 32 21 0.15 n/a
2008 30 9 0.27 n/a
2007 43 24 0.31 n/a
2006 40 21 0.00 n/a
2005 36 23 0.07 n/a
2004 48 20 0.00 n/a
2003 46 35 0.00 n/a
2002 49 33 0.07 n/a
2001 33 21 0.00 n/a
2000 32 24 0.00 n/a
1999 38 19 0.00 n/a
1998 20 8 0.00 0.0
1997 n/a 12 0.00 0.0
1996 22 3 0.15 1.5
1995 40 26 0.00 0.0
1994 42 17 0.01 0.0
1993 30 10 0.00 0.0
1992 51 37 0.17 0.0
1991 34 18 0.00 0.0
1990 55 25 0.04 0.0
1989 52 30 1.01 0.0
1988 40 29 0.00 0.0
1987 42 9 0.00 0.0
1986 38 30 0.05 0.5
1985 50 23 0.09 0.0
1984 47 30 0.07 0.0
1983 32 16 0.00 0.0
1982 46 30 0.00 0.0
1981 38 22 0.00 0.0
1980 30 10 0.00 0.0
1979 40 26 0.00 0.0
1978 42 32 0.06 0.0
1977 41 34 0.18 0.0
1976 21 15 0.00 0.0
1975 51 46 0.14 0.0
1974 49 33 0.16 0.0
1973 47 34 0.32 0.0
1972 56 35 0.29 0.0
1971 39 21 0.00 0.0
1970 35 19 0.00 0.0
1969 30 17 0.41 1.3
1968 41 24 0.68 0.0
1967 40 24 0.40 1.0
1966 36 24 0.00 0.0
1965 60 45 0.00 0.0
1964 45 28 0.00 0.0
1963 25 9 0.00 0.0
1962 10 -3 0.00 0.0
1961 34 18 0.00 0.0
1960 42 31 0.00 0.0
1959 35 29 0.00 0.0
1958 35 25 0.00 0.0
1957 46 32 0.00 0.0
1956 37 12 0.07 1.0
1955 28 13 0.00 0.0
1954 44 36 0.00 0.0
1953 39 26 0.00 0.0
1952 37 28 0.00 0.0
1951 45 42 0.28 0.0
1950 38 32 0.28 0.0
1949 40 22 0.00 0.0
1948 49 35 0.00 0.0
1947 38 26 0.00 0.0
1946 31 19 0.00 0.0
1945 41 34 0.36 0.0
1944 36 24 0.00 0.0
1943 39 29 0.00 0.0
1942 43 31 0.00 0.0
1941 39 26 0.00 0.0
1940 42 33 0.00 0.0
1939 35 19 0.03 0.5
1938 37 21 0.01 1.0
1937 31 19 0.00 0.0
1936 53 38 1.03 0.0
1935 30 21 0.00 0.0
1934 30 17 0.00 0.0
1933 40 n/a 0.03 0.3
1932 56 40 0.00 0.0
1931 33 21 0.00 0.0
1930 32 25 0.00 n/a
1929 43 30 0.00 n/a
1928 36 27 0.00 0.0
1927 50 39 0.30 n/a
1926 39 27 n/a n/a
1925 31 20 0.00 0.0
1924 41 n/a 0.00 0.0
1923 42 31 0.35 0.0
1922 43 22 0.00 0.0
1921 40 13 0.00 n/a
1920 38 30 n/a n/a
1919 30 19 0.00 0.0
1918 n/a n/a n/a n/a
1917 n/a n/a n/a n/a
1916 24 10 0.00 0.0
1915 31 18 0.00 0.0
1914 36 26 n/a n/a
1913 n/a n/a 0.00 n/a
1912 49 39 n/a 0.0
1911 48 24 0.73 5.0
1910 24 7 0.00 0.0
1909 22 4 n/a n/a
1908 47 27 n/a n/a
1907 49 32 n/a n/a
1906 n/a n/a 0.45 0.0
1905 43 28 0.00 n/a
1904 44 21 n/a n/a
1903 27 14 0.00 0.0
1902 39 23 n/a n/a
1901 58 26 n/a n/a
1900 n/a n/a n/a n/a
1899 n/a n/a n/a n/a
1898 49 30 0.10 0.0
1897 46 34 0.06 n/a
1896 45 27 n/a n/a
1895 57 34 0.54 n/a
1894 28 20 0.00 n/a
1893 35 20 0.31 0.5
What's the all-time high for New Bedford on 12/31?
For the date of Dec 31, the highest temperature ever reached in New Bedford history is 60 °F which happened in 1965.
Highest Temperatures in New Bedford on December 31
Rank Temperature Year
1 60 °F 1965
2 58 °F 2022
2 58 °F 1901
4 57 °F 1895
5 56 °F 1932
5 56 °F 1972
7 55 °F 1990
8 53 °F 1936
9 52 °F 1989
9 52 °F 2015
What's the all-time low for New Bedford on 12/31?
For the date of Dec 31, the lowest temperature ever reached in New Bedford history is -3 °F which happened in 1962.
Lowest Temperatures in New Bedford on December 31
Rank Temperature Year
1 -3 °F 1962
2 3 °F 1996
2 3 °F 2017
4 4 °F 1909
5 7 °F 1910
6 8 °F 1998
7 9 °F 1963
7 9 °F 1987
7 9 °F 2008
10 10 °F 1980
10 10 °F 1993
10 10 °F 1916
Lowest High Temperatures in New Bedford on December 31
Rank Temperature Year
1 10 °F 1962
2 15 °F 2017
3 20 °F 1998
4 21 °F 1976
5 22 °F 1909
5 22 °F 1996
7 24 °F 1910
7 24 °F 1916
9 25 °F 1963
10 27 °F 2013
10 27 °F 1903
What's the most it has ever rained in New Bedford on 12/31?
For the date of Dec 31, the most precipitation ever recorded in New Bedford history is 1.03 inches which happened in 1936.
All-Time Most Precipitation in New Bedford on December 31
Rank Precipitation Year
1 1.03 inches 1936
2 1.01 inches 1989
3 0.73 inches 1911
4 0.68 inches 1968
5 0.58 inches 2022
6 0.54 inches 1895
7 0.45 inches 1906
8 0.41 inches 1969
9 0.40 inches 1967
10 0.38 inches 2018
Weather Station Details
Years Station Coordinates
1999–2024 New Bedford Municipal Airport location
1893–1998 New Bedford Coop location