New Bedford Weather in 1940

Historical record of New Bedford, Massachusetts weather for the year 1940 based on NOAA data.

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1940 New Bedford Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	July 27
Lowest temperature	5 °F	December 4
Highest daily low	74 °F	July 27
Lowest daily high	21 °F	January 17
Most daily precipitation	2.2 inches	November 13
Most daily snow	6.5 inches	February 14
Total annual precipitation	43.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in New Bedford in 1940?

The highest temperature recorded in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1940 was 96 °F which happened on July 27.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in New Bedford in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Jul 27
2	90 °F	Jul 31
3	87 °F	Jul 28
3	87 °F	Jul 19
5	85 °F	Jul 30
5	85 °F	Jul 10
5	85 °F	Jul 9
5	85 °F	Jul 7
5	85 °F	Jun 5
10	84 °F	Jul 29
10	84 °F	Jun 3

What was the coldest temperature in New Bedford in 1940?

The lowest temperature recorded in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1940 was 5 °F which happened on Dec 4.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in New Bedford in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	5 °F	December 4
2	6 °F	January 20
3	9 °F	January 19
3	9 °F	January 7
5	10 °F	December 3
5	10 °F	January 27
5	10 °F	January 23
8	12 °F	February 26
8	12 °F	January 29
8	12 °F	January 28
8	12 °F	January 21
8	12 °F	January 1

January 1940 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	24	12	0.00	0.0
January 2	23	15	0.00	0.0
January 3	31	17	0.00	0.0
January 4	29	18	0.00	0.0
January 5	29	15	0.05	0.5
January 6	26	17	0.00	0.0
January 7	29	9	0.00	0.0
January 8	27	19	0.15	1.5
January 9	31	19	0.00	0.0
January 10	33	17	0.00	0.0
January 11	33	19	0.00	0.0
January 12	36	28	0.02	0.2
January 13	37	33	0.00	0.0
January 14	36	32	0.38	0.0
January 15	45	31	1.34	0.0
January 16	31	16	n/a	0.0
January 17	21	13	0.00	0.0
January 18	23	13	0.00	0.0
January 19	22	9	0.30	4.0
January 20	23	6	0.00	0.0
January 21	28	12	0.00	0.0
January 22	30	19	0.00	0.0
January 23	27	10	0.00	0.0
January 24	29	20	0.05	0.5
January 25	27	19	0.04	0.5
January 26	26	15	0.00	0.0
January 27	25	10	0.00	0.0
January 28	27	12	0.00	0.0
January 29	31	12	0.00	0.0
January 30	32	16	0.00	0.0
January 31	31	14	0.00	0.0

February 1940 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	33	17	0.00	0.0
February 2	28	19	0.00	0.0
February 3	31	15	0.00	0.0
February 4	33	15	0.00	0.0
February 5	34	22	0.00	0.0
February 6	43	24	0.02	0.0
February 7	41	35	0.13	0.0
February 8	41	29	0.00	0.0
February 9	42	30	0.00	0.0
February 10	35	30	0.50	0.0
February 11	45	33	1.03	0.0
February 12	40	32	0.00	0.0
February 13	42	29	0.00	0.0
February 14	33	27	0.69	6.5
February 15	34	24	0.10	1.5
February 16	37	21	0.00	0.0
February 17	45	21	0.00	0.0
February 18	45	25	0.00	0.0
February 19	35	32	1.76	0.0
February 20	34	30	0.05	0.4
February 21	33	24	0.03	0.6
February 22	34	18	0.00	0.0
February 23	36	21	0.00	0.0
February 24	33	21	0.00	0.0
February 25	39	22	0.05	0.0
February 26	29	12	0.00	0.0
February 27	24	21	0.04	0.4
February 28	28	23	0.01	0.0
February 29	38	23	0.00	0.0

March 1940 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	35	24	0.00	0.0
March 2	35	19	0.00	0.0
March 3	36	28	0.04	0.0
March 4	33	31	1.63	0.0
March 5	35	33	0.00	0.0
March 6	39	32	0.00	0.0
March 7	38	30	0.00	0.0
March 8	41	27	0.00	0.0
March 9	44	27	0.00	0.0
March 10	35	19	0.00	0.0
March 11	29	17	0.00	0.0
March 12	33	15	0.00	0.0
March 13	40	16	0.00	0.0
March 14	42	27	0.00	0.0
March 15	41	29	0.82	0.0
March 16	33	25	0.04	0.2
March 17	40	25	0.00	0.0
March 18	38	26	0.00	0.0
March 19	40	32	0.03	0.0
March 20	45	31	0.18	0.0
March 21	40	29	0.00	0.0
March 22	37	23	0.23	1.2
March 23	25	18	0.00	0.0
March 24	29	16	0.00	0.0
March 25	30	19	0.00	0.0
March 26	43	24	0.00	0.0
March 27	37	26	0.05	1.0
March 28	40	31	0.08	0.2
March 29	41	30	0.01	0.0
March 30	54	42	0.70	0.0
March 31	59	40	0.04	0.0

April 1940 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	50	30	0.00
April 2	48	31	0.00
April 3	49	31	0.39
April 4	40	35	0.04
April 5	49	34	0.00
April 6	53	33	0.00
April 7	54	35	0.00
April 8	45	41	0.57
April 9	48	43	1.04
April 10	56	39	0.00
April 11	51	35	0.00
April 12	47	41	1.62
April 13	46	29	0.86
April 14	41	28	0.00
April 15	45	29	0.00
April 16	41	38	0.01
April 17	44	36	0.02
April 18	43	37	0.40
April 19	41	41	0.00
April 20	48	37	0.88
April 21	38	34	0.57
April 22	36	31	0.30
April 23	47	36	0.00
April 24	45	35	0.00
April 25	49	37	0.06
April 26	56	37	0.00
April 27	50	36	0.00
April 28	54	37	0.00
April 29	57	35	0.00
April 30	58	45	0.00

May 1940 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
May 1	59	45	0.18	n/a
May 2	53	49	0.07	n/a
May 3	53	47	0.11	n/a
May 4	58	45	0.05	n/a
May 5	58	44	0.00	n/a
May 6	67	44	0.00	n/a
May 7	79	53	0.00	n/a
May 8	71	53	0.00	n/a
May 9	61	50	0.00	n/a
May 10	67	47	0.00	n/a
May 11	65	48	0.00	n/a
May 12	63	45	0.00	n/a
May 13	67	45	0.00	n/a
May 14	69	52	0.00	n/a
May 15	71	53	0.02	n/a
May 16	69	53	0.00	n/a
May 17	62	54	0.18	n/a
May 18	65	50	0.00	n/a
May 19	72	52	0.00	n/a
May 20	69	57	0.00	n/a
May 21	64	55	0.26	n/a
May 22	55	50	0.03	n/a
May 23	53	49	0.75	n/a
May 24	54	49	0.01	n/a
May 25	56	49	0.00	n/a
May 26	56	48	0.00	n/a
May 27	72	54	0.01	n/a
May 28	71	56	0.19	n/a
May 29	60	48	0.06	n/a
May 30	66	45	0.00	n/a
May 31	62	55	1.68	n/a

June 1940 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
June 1	75	59	0.02	n/a
June 2	77	54	0.00	n/a
June 3	84	62	0.00	n/a
June 4	79	60	0.00	n/a
June 5	85	60	0.00	n/a
June 6	82	64	0.00	n/a
June 7	72	60	0.00	n/a
June 8	73	57	0.00	n/a
June 9	70	56	0.00	n/a
June 10	57	53	0.30	n/a
June 11	71	56	0.00	n/a
June 12	70	60	0.00	n/a
June 13	83	63	0.05	n/a
June 14	75	59	0.00	n/a
June 15	73	59	0.00	n/a
June 16	75	57	0.00	n/a
June 17	73	57	0.00	n/a
June 18	73	56	0.00	n/a
June 19	72	61	0.03	n/a
June 20	70	60	0.00	n/a
June 21	65	51	0.00	n/a
June 22	67	49	0.00	n/a
June 23	75	54	0.01	n/a
June 24	63	55	0.39	n/a
June 25	59	53	0.36	n/a
June 26	65	53	0.14	n/a
June 27	72	55	0.03	n/a
June 28	76	57	0.01	n/a
June 29	72	63	0.12	n/a
June 30	75	59	0.00	n/a

July 1940 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
July 1	71	59	0.02	n/a
July 2	75	56	0.00	n/a
July 3	75	57	0.01	n/a
July 4	66	58	1.80	n/a
July 5	78	59	0.81	n/a
July 6	78	59	0.00	n/a
July 7	85	63	0.00	n/a
July 8	83	64	0.00	n/a
July 9	85	63	0.00	n/a
July 10	85	65	0.00	n/a
July 11	83	65	0.60	n/a
July 12	66	59	0.25	n/a
July 13	70	59	0.00	n/a
July 14	79	59	0.00	n/a
July 15	76	60	0.00	n/a
July 16	72	61	0.00	n/a
July 17	77	64	0.00	n/a
July 18	80	65	0.00	n/a
July 19	87	65	0.00	n/a
July 20	81	70	0.41	n/a
July 21	79	70	0.32	n/a
July 22	75	66	0.00	n/a
July 23	80	67	0.00	n/a
July 24	75	66	0.00	n/a
July 25	79	66	0.00	n/a
July 26	81	72	0.07	n/a
July 27	96	74	0.00	n/a
July 28	87	69	0.00	n/a
July 29	84	70	0.00	n/a
July 30	85	71	0.00	n/a
July 31	90	72	0.00	n/a

August 1940 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
August 1	75	63	0.00	n/a
August 2	73	61	0.00	n/a
August 3	77	55	0.00	n/a
August 4	78	59	0.00	n/a
August 5	77	68	0.00	n/a
August 6	77	68	0.00	n/a
August 7	73	69	0.15	n/a
August 8	83	61	0.00	n/a
August 9	83	63	0.00	n/a
August 10	82	65	0.00	n/a
August 11	79	62	0.00	n/a
August 12	80	61	0.00	n/a
August 13	77	68	0.00	n/a
August 14	78	64	0.01	n/a
August 15	81	60	0.00	n/a
August 16	77	62	0.00	n/a
August 17	82	61	0.00	n/a
August 18	80	68	0.00	n/a
August 19	80	71	0.04	n/a
August 20	73	59	0.41	n/a
August 21	72	53	0.00	n/a
August 22	75	57	0.00	n/a
August 23	74	60	0.69	n/a
August 24	69	52	0.00	n/a
August 25	70	48	0.00	n/a
August 26	66	55	0.07	n/a
August 27	72	53	0.00	n/a
August 28	69	56	0.00	n/a
August 29	72	57	0.03	n/a
August 30	77	67	0.20	n/a
August 31	77	67	0.00	n/a

September 1940 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
September 1	78	69	0.00	n/a
September 2	83	68	0.67	n/a
September 3	81	66	0.00	n/a
September 4	78	63	0.00	n/a
September 5	74	60	0.00	n/a
September 6	71	54	0.03	n/a
September 7	63	52	0.02	n/a
September 8	71	52	0.00	n/a
September 9	67	59	0.16	n/a
September 10	73	62	0.00	n/a
September 11	64	55	0.52	n/a
September 12	72	53	0.50	n/a
September 13	72	53	0.00	n/a
September 14	74	56	0.00	n/a
September 15	70	55	0.00	n/a
September 16	63	57	0.04	n/a
September 17	76	55	0.00	n/a
September 18	82	60	0.00	n/a
September 19	79	59	0.00	n/a
September 20	82	60	0.00	n/a
September 21	78	66	0.08	n/a
September 22	79	63	0.00	n/a
September 23	73	57	0.00	n/a
September 24	70	62	0.00	n/a
September 25	68	48	1.94	n/a
September 26	59	43	0.00	n/a
September 27	67	45	0.00	n/a
September 28	69	51	0.00	n/a
September 29	68	54	0.00	n/a
September 30	59	49	0.00	n/a

October 1940 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	55	49	0.04	n/a
October 2	65	55	0.60	n/a
October 3	56	51	0.52	n/a
October 4	60	47	0.00	n/a
October 5	64	43	0.00	n/a
October 6	63	52	0.00	n/a
October 7	70	59	0.00	n/a
October 8	66	56	0.02	n/a
October 9	63	49	0.00	n/a
October 10	63	45	0.00	n/a
October 11	65	45	0.00	n/a
October 12	75	52	0.00	n/a
October 13	71	58	0.00	n/a
October 14	69	53	0.00	n/a
October 15	71	43	0.04	n/a
October 16	51	38	0.00	n/a
October 17	54	42	0.16	n/a
October 18	57	39	0.03	n/a
October 19	51	35	0.00	n/a
October 20	48	37	0.00	n/a
October 21	49	33	0.00	n/a
October 22	48	30	0.00	n/a
October 23	57	40	0.01	n/a
October 24	73	51	0.00	n/a
October 25	58	43	0.00	n/a
October 26	57	37	0.00	n/a
October 27	49	34	0.00	n/a
October 28	47	32	0.00	n/a
October 29	53	32	0.00	n/a
October 30	46	42	0.45	n/a
October 31	53	41	0.45	n/a

November 1940 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	56	39	0.00	0.0
November 2	55	48	0.87	0.0
November 3	59	45	0.00	0.0
November 4	63	43	0.00	0.0
November 5	62	52	0.00	0.0
November 6	57	44	0.00	0.0
November 7	48	38	0.00	0.0
November 8	51	37	0.00	0.0
November 9	53	34	0.00	0.0
November 10	51	36	0.00	0.0
November 11	56	46	0.00	0.0
November 12	59	45	1.06	0.0
November 13	46	44	2.18	0.0
November 14	47	46	0.73	0.0
November 15	57	46	0.82	0.0
November 16	50	36	0.00	0.0
November 17	45	35	0.00	0.0
November 18	45	38	0.00	0.0
November 19	45	32	0.00	0.0
November 20	54	45	0.00	0.0
November 21	51	41	0.00	0.0
November 22	60	48	0.00	0.0
November 23	48	42	0.00	0.0
November 24	47	41	0.00	0.0
November 25	41	24	n/a	0.0
November 26	37	20	0.01	0.0
November 27	39	28	0.56	3.0
November 28	37	23	0.00	0.0
November 29	38	22	0.27	0.0
November 30	38	34	0.00	0.0

December 1940 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	50	28	0.00
December 2	36	22	0.00
December 3	36	10	0.00
December 4	35	5	0.04
December 5	39	29	0.33
December 6	n/a	18	0.00
December 7	51	n/a	0.01
December 8	46	36	0.09
December 9	36	26	0.00
December 10	47	25	0.00
December 11	43	33	0.00
December 12	48	33	0.00
December 13	53	30	0.04
December 14	36	25	0.00
December 15	43	23	0.00
December 16	53	32	0.92
December 17	52	24	0.08
December 18	38	21	0.00
December 19	37	25	0.00
December 20	46	32	0.00
December 21	44	35	0.00
December 22	41	36	0.00
December 23	36	24	0.00
December 24	41	22	0.00
December 25	59	31	0.00
December 26	42	33	0.00
December 27	42	40	0.10
December 28	52	40	1.04
December 29	47	41	0.10
December 30	56	40	0.05
December 31	42	33	0.00

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1999–2024	New Bedford Municipal Airport	location
1893–1998	New Bedford Coop	location