New Bedford Weather in 1972

Historical record of New Bedford, Massachusetts weather for the year 1972 based on NOAA data.

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1972 New Bedford Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	92 °F	July 12
Lowest temperature	3 °F	February 23
Highest daily low	73 °F	July 25
Lowest daily high	15 °F	January 16
Most daily precipitation	4.6 inches	June 19
Most daily snow	3.0 inches	February 6
Total annual precipitation	71.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	20.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in New Bedford in 1972?

The highest temperature recorded in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1972 was 92 °F which happened on July 12.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in New Bedford in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	92 °F	Jul 12
2	91 °F	Aug 26
3	90 °F	Jul 25
4	88 °F	Aug 29
4	88 °F	Jul 23
4	88 °F	Jul 22
4	88 °F	Jul 18
8	87 °F	Jul 17
8	87 °F	Jul 2
10	86 °F	Sep 12
10	86 °F	Aug 24
10	86 °F	Aug 8
10	86 °F	Jul 24

What was the coldest temperature in New Bedford in 1972?

The lowest temperature recorded in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1972 was 3 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in New Bedford in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	3 °F	February 23
1	3 °F	January 16
3	4 °F	February 24
3	4 °F	January 17
5	8 °F	February 22
5	8 °F	February 21
7	10 °F	February 20
8	12 °F	February 8
9	14 °F	February 7
9	14 °F	January 6

January 1972 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	35	18	0.00	0.0
January 2	55	35	0.11	0.0
January 3	46	36	0.00	0.0
January 4	47	37	0.87	0.0
January 5	42	20	0.20	0.8
January 6	25	14	0.00	0.0
January 7	38	20	0.00	0.0
January 8	34	21	0.00	0.0
January 9	52	21	0.89	0.0
January 10	52	45	0.21	0.0
January 11	53	45	0.01	0.0
January 12	49	41	0.01	0.0
January 13	55	41	0.00	0.0
January 14	57	17	0.01	0.0
January 15	35	15	0.00	0.0
January 16	15	3	0.00	0.0
January 17	37	4	0.00	0.0
January 18	46	31	0.00	0.0
January 19	54	36	0.00	0.0
January 20	47	32	0.28	0.0
January 21	47	33	0.00	0.0
January 22	40	32	0.09	0.0
January 23	49	38	0.00	0.0
January 24	50	40	0.08	0.0
January 25	57	26	0.05	0.0
January 26	27	19	0.00	0.0
January 27	29	17	0.00	0.0
January 28	29	24	0.08	0.8
January 29	34	21	0.00	0.0
January 30	37	26	0.00	0.0
January 31	34	21	0.00	0.0

February 1972 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	37	21	0.00	0.0
February 2	36	29	0.00	0.0
February 3	49	32	1.29	0.3
February 4	52	26	0.11	0.0
February 5	26	19	0.00	0.0
February 6	28	18	0.30	3.0
February 7	31	14	0.20	2.0
February 8	26	12	0.00	0.0
February 9	36	16	0.00	0.0
February 10	37	17	0.00	0.0
February 11	34	17	0.00	0.0
February 12	41	22	0.00	0.0
February 13	48	33	0.48	0.0
February 14	49	35	0.01	0.0
February 15	53	37	0.00	0.0
February 16	45	31	0.00	0.0
February 17	37	28	0.00	0.0
February 18	40	33	0.04	0.0
February 19	46	34	2.49	2.8
February 20	40	10	0.15	1.5
February 21	40	8	0.00	0.0
February 22	45	8	0.07	0.0
February 23	24	3	0.08	0.8
February 24	40	4	0.25	2.5
February 25	36	29	0.00	0.0
February 26	38	32	0.46	1.3
February 27	40	22	0.00	0.0
February 28	47	38	0.48	0.0
February 29	58	39	0.00	0.0

March 1972 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	59	41	0.00	0.0
March 2	58	42	0.06	0.0
March 3	57	31	0.85	0.0
March 4	32	25	0.00	0.0
March 5	38	26	0.98	0.4
March 6	31	23	0.00	0.0
March 7	50	23	0.00	0.0
March 8	52	26	0.26	0.3
March 9	30	20	0.00	0.0
March 10	36	17	0.00	0.0
March 11	38	19	0.00	0.0
March 12	45	36	0.28	0.0
March 13	40	30	0.00	0.0
March 14	36	30	0.07	0.8
March 15	43	32	1.12	0.0
March 16	44	32	0.00	0.0
March 17	55	39	1.56	0.0
March 18	52	39	0.00	0.0
March 19	49	33	0.00	0.0
March 20	40	24	0.00	0.0
March 21	46	34	0.07	0.0
March 22	52	40	1.14	0.0
March 23	57	39	0.00	0.0
March 24	44	36	0.04	0.0
March 25	46	32	0.00	0.0
March 26	44	28	0.00	0.0
March 27	42	29	0.00	0.0
March 28	50	26	0.00	0.0
March 29	50	37	0.00	0.0
March 30	44	37	0.00	0.0
March 31	42	37	0.43	0.0

April 1972 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	54	36	0.00	0.0
April 2	50	38	0.00	0.0
April 3	49	36	0.00	0.0
April 4	45	36	0.34	0.0
April 5	46	30	0.00	0.0
April 6	50	35	0.00	0.0
April 7	51	29	0.13	0.0
April 8	42	28	0.07	0.5
April 9	50	30	0.00	0.0
April 10	54	35	0.00	0.0
April 11	46	38	0.31	0.0
April 12	51	36	0.00	0.0
April 13	48	38	1.28	0.0
April 14	53	41	0.00	0.0
April 15	44	37	0.12	0.0
April 16	61	42	0.07	0.0
April 17	59	38	0.18	0.0
April 18	62	45	0.00	0.0
April 19	72	47	0.00	0.0
April 20	54	37	0.83	0.0
April 21	58	36	0.00	0.0
April 22	56	40	1.08	0.0
April 23	50	44	0.02	0.0
April 24	56	44	0.57	0.0
April 25	55	40	0.00	0.0
April 26	54	35	0.00	0.0
April 27	52	37	0.00	0.0
April 28	60	36	0.00	0.0
April 29	70	45	0.00	0.0
April 30	67	45	0.00	0.0

May 1972 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	72	55	0.00
May 2	62	48	0.17
May 3	60	47	0.80
May 4	62	53	0.98
May 5	63	49	0.00
May 6	64	45	0.00
May 7	81	51	0.00
May 8	64	50	0.08
May 9	50	45	0.90
May 10	54	39	0.00
May 11	65	44	0.07
May 12	70	46	0.00
May 13	70	48	0.00
May 14	66	52	0.06
May 15	60	56	1.08
May 16	68	55	0.14
May 17	69	55	0.00
May 18	71	54	0.00
May 19	64	50	0.03
May 20	54	49	1.19
May 21	66	51	0.00
May 22	76	55	0.00
May 23	76	52	0.00
May 24	72	51	0.00
May 25	63	48	0.00
May 26	61	44	0.00
May 27	69	46	0.00
May 28	76	51	0.00
May 29	76	54	0.00
May 30	77	59	0.01
May 31	72	62	0.00

June 1972 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	66	60	0.86
June 2	70	54	0.00
June 3	76	56	0.00
June 4	75	60	0.07
June 5	72	54	0.12
June 6	68	54	0.00
June 7	68	56	0.68
June 8	73	54	0.15
June 9	78	61	0.00
June 10	69	52	0.28
June 11	68	48	0.00
June 12	72	49	0.00
June 13	72	59	0.00
June 14	69	60	0.00
June 15	75	62	0.00
June 16	76	63	0.00
June 17	67	64	1.76
June 18	66	58	0.00
June 19	64	56	4.57
June 20	72	60	0.04
June 21	75	64	0.00
June 22	68	62	0.33
June 23	73	62	0.76
June 24	71	61	0.03
June 25	72	57	0.03
June 26	76	60	0.00
June 27	78	64	0.00
June 28	81	62	0.00
June 29	78	63	0.00
June 30	73	65	0.35

July 1972 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	76	65	0.00
July 2	87	66	0.00
July 3	77	68	0.05
July 4	78	65	0.00
July 5	71	59	0.02
July 6	75	58	0.02
July 7	76	59	0.00
July 8	75	60	0.00
July 9	81	62	0.00
July 10	84	69	0.00
July 11	84	69	0.00
July 12	92	69	0.00
July 13	74	70	1.01
July 14	81	70	0.00
July 15	82	70	0.00
July 16	79	71	0.00
July 17	87	72	0.00
July 18	88	71	0.00
July 19	85	72	0.12
July 20	74	67	0.00
July 21	82	66	0.18
July 22	88	72	0.00
July 23	88	73	0.04
July 24	86	71	0.34
July 25	90	73	2.13
July 26	82	62	0.00
July 27	82	64	0.00
July 28	83	64	0.00
July 29	78	67	0.36
July 30	81	63	0.00
July 31	79	62	0.41

August 1972 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	80	62	0.24
August 2	79	68	0.00
August 3	82	66	0.44
August 4	82	67	0.19
August 5	74	56	0.00
August 6	77	59	0.00
August 7	78	65	0.06
August 8	86	72	0.00
August 9	83	68	0.00
August 10	77	60	0.00
August 11	77	57	0.00
August 12	76	63	0.00
August 13	83	68	0.00
August 14	80	66	0.44
August 15	72	59	0.25
August 16	77	56	0.00
August 17	76	64	0.00
August 18	78	68	0.04
August 19	81	70	0.00
August 20	80	61	0.00
August 21	82	63	0.00
August 22	84	66	0.00
August 23	84	66	0.00
August 24	86	70	0.00
August 25	84	72	0.00
August 26	91	72	0.00
August 27	76	71	0.65
August 28	84	72	0.00
August 29	88	68	0.00
August 30	84	66	0.00
August 31	84	64	0.00

September 1972 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	81	64	0.00
September 2	78	68	0.00
September 3	70	62	3.36
September 4	73	61	0.00
September 5	78	56	0.00
September 6	80	57	0.00
September 7	80	58	0.00
September 8	78	60	0.00
September 9	76	56	0.06
September 10	73	51	0.00
September 11	77	54	0.00
September 12	86	63	0.00
September 13	74	64	0.26
September 14	81	64	0.25
September 15	72	57	0.00
September 16	79	60	0.00
September 17	77	65	0.00
September 18	81	68	0.00
September 19	72	58	3.17
September 20	58	54	0.02
September 21	65	54	0.18
September 22	77	56	0.71
September 23	68	48	0.00
September 24	66	53	0.00
September 25	78	64	0.00
September 26	80	66	0.00
September 27	85	67	0.00
September 28	69	55	0.00
September 29	70	56	0.38
September 30	74	55	0.15

October 1972 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	57	48	0.00	0.0
October 2	67	43	0.00	0.0
October 3	73	43	0.00	0.0
October 4	72	55	0.00	0.0
October 5	71	53	0.00	0.0
October 6	70	n/a	0.00	0.0
October 7	70	56	1.19	0.0
October 8	71	57	0.02	0.0
October 9	60	45	0.00	0.0
October 10	57	38	0.00	0.0
October 11	62	38	0.00	0.0
October 12	65	42	0.30	0.0
October 13	58	46	0.00	0.0
October 14	61	40	0.00	0.0
October 15	62	42	0.36	0.0
October 16	61	40	0.03	0.0
October 17	69	42	0.00	0.0
October 18	58	37	0.00	0.0
October 19	42	36	0.78	0.5
October 20	47	30	0.00	0.0
October 21	54	31	0.00	0.0
October 22	55	31	0.00	0.0
October 23	73	44	0.00	0.0
October 24	75	n/a	0.00	0.0
October 25	58	42	0.00	0.0
October 26	56	37	0.00	0.0
October 27	62	38	0.00	0.0
October 28	64	45	0.29	0.0
October 29	63	51	0.55	0.0
October 30	62	40	0.00	0.0
October 31	n/a	n/a	0.00	0.0

November 1972 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	50	42	0.00
November 2	60	43	0.42
November 3	66	49	0.09
November 4	49	45	0.00
November 5	48	43	0.17
November 6	46	42	0.00
November 7	55	42	0.00
November 8	56	50	1.02
November 9	55	44	0.48
November 10	54	44	0.00
November 11	48	44	0.03
November 12	48	44	0.00
November 13	54	45	0.00
November 14	46	40	1.76
November 15	40	28	0.04
November 16	41	27	0.00
November 17	41	29	0.00
November 18	48	34	0.00
November 19	46	31	0.09
November 20	60	38	1.75
November 21	42	30	0.00
November 22	34	24	0.00
November 23	33	18	0.00
November 24	44	29	0.00
November 25	45	35	0.00
November 26	60	46	1.96
November 27	50	44	0.00
November 28	58	48	0.05
November 29	52	34	0.00
November 30	43	31	0.48

December 1972 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	44	39	0.31	0.0
December 2	47	37	0.00	0.0
December 3	56	44	0.00	0.0
December 4	46	36	0.53	0.0
December 5	47	36	0.69	0.0
December 6	61	37	1.12	0.0
December 7	56	27	0.07	0.0
December 8	51	26	0.14	0.0
December 9	56	46	0.17	0.0
December 10	50	41	0.15	0.0
December 11	41	28	0.00	0.0
December 12	39	24	0.28	1.0
December 13	56	37	0.06	0.0
December 14	42	33	0.00	0.0
December 15	40	32	0.89	1.5
December 16	42	20	0.17	0.0
December 17	22	15	0.00	0.0
December 18	38	16	0.00	0.0
December 19	42	32	0.00	0.0
December 20	42	37	0.49	0.0
December 21	38	32	0.12	0.0
December 22	44	37	1.22	0.0
December 23	42	38	0.21	0.0
December 24	42	36	0.04	0.0
December 25	41	34	0.00	0.0
December 26	44	38	0.04	0.0
December 27	43	32	0.13	0.0
December 28	40	31	0.13	0.0
December 29	34	25	0.00	0.0
December 30	41	28	0.18	0.0
December 31	56	35	0.29	0.0

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