New Bedford Weather in 1973

Historical record of New Bedford, Massachusetts weather for the year 1973 based on NOAA data.

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1973 New Bedford Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	100 °F	August 30
Lowest temperature	2 °F	January 9
Highest daily low	76 °F	September 4
Lowest daily high	11 °F	January 8
Most daily precipitation	5.3 inches	December 17
Most daily snow	6.3 inches	February 11
Total annual precipitation	59.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	15.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in New Bedford in 1973?

The highest temperature recorded in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1973 was 100 °F which happened on August 30.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in New Bedford in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	100 °F	Aug 30
2	96 °F	Aug 31
2	96 °F	Jul 9
2	96 °F	Jun 11
5	95 °F	Aug 29
5	95 °F	Jul 8
7	94 °F	Sep 4
7	94 °F	Sep 3
7	94 °F	Aug 27
7	94 °F	Jun 12

What was the coldest temperature in New Bedford in 1973?

The lowest temperature recorded in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1973 was 2 °F which happened on Jan 9.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in New Bedford in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	2 °F	January 9
2	4 °F	January 8
3	7 °F	February 18
4	8 °F	February 17
5	9 °F	February 1
6	10 °F	January 30
7	11 °F	January 7
8	14 °F	December 19
8	14 °F	February 12
8	14 °F	February 10

January 1973 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	58	40	0.45	0.0
January 2	40	36	0.00	0.0
January 3	38	28	0.00	0.0
January 4	48	28	0.52	3.3
January 5	41	30	0.00	0.0
January 6	30	16	0.00	0.0
January 7	26	11	0.00	0.0
January 8	11	4	0.00	0.0
January 9	24	2	0.00	0.0
January 10	32	20	0.00	0.0
January 11	36	22	0.00	0.0
January 12	30	21	0.00	0.0
January 13	30	18	0.00	0.0
January 14	40	21	0.00	0.0
January 15	44	33	0.00	0.0
January 16	50	32	0.00	0.0
January 17	55	42	0.00	0.0
January 18	60	44	0.00	0.0
January 19	58	44	0.00	0.0
January 20	51	30	0.09	0.0
January 21	42	24	0.00	0.0
January 22	52	24	0.19	0.0
January 23	56	45	0.17	0.0
January 24	45	36	0.00	0.0
January 25	45	28	0.00	0.0
January 26	48	35	0.00	0.0
January 27	48	38	0.41	0.0
January 28	43	38	0.20	0.0
January 29	44	29	0.78	0.0
January 30	48	10	0.00	0.0
January 31	30	15	0.00	0.0

February 1973 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	36	9	0.00	0.0
February 2	56	36	1.79	0.0
February 3	56	36	0.00	0.0
February 4	44	35	0.00	0.0
February 5	53	35	0.00	0.0
February 6	40	31	0.00	0.0
February 7	38	36	0.24	0.0
February 8	44	36	0.16	0.0
February 9	44	20	0.03	0.0
February 10	28	14	0.00	0.0
February 11	29	20	0.63	6.3
February 12	28	14	0.00	0.0
February 13	37	19	0.00	0.0
February 14	48	26	0.00	0.0
February 15	49	36	0.76	0.0
February 16	36	20	0.08	0.8
February 17	23	8	0.00	0.0
February 18	32	7	0.00	0.0
February 19	44	24	0.00	0.0
February 20	49	36	0.00	0.0
February 21	48	37	0.00	0.0
February 22	44	36	0.00	0.0
February 23	44	31	0.00	0.0
February 24	42	27	0.00	0.0
February 25	43	26	0.00	0.0
February 26	35	30	0.05	0.5
February 27	30	21	0.00	0.0
February 28	42	18	0.00	0.0

March 1973 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	48	30	0.00	0.0
March 2	62	41	0.00	0.0
March 3	46	40	0.00	0.0
March 4	54	42	1.25	0.0
March 5	51	39	0.00	0.0
March 6	48	38	0.00	0.0
March 7	51	41	0.18	0.0
March 8	61	47	0.48	0.0
March 9	57	42	0.00	0.0
March 10	53	38	0.00	0.0
March 11	51	39	0.00	0.0
March 12	68	47	0.09	0.0
March 13	64	45	0.00	0.0
March 14	50	41	0.00	0.0
March 15	51	42	0.05	0.0
March 16	67	49	0.00	0.0
March 17	59	45	0.43	0.0
March 18	46	34	0.00	0.0
March 19	52	33	0.00	0.0
March 20	44	37	0.00	0.0
March 21	42	29	0.00	0.0
March 22	38	33	0.23	2.3
March 23	50	32	0.00	0.0
March 24	61	35	0.00	0.0
March 25	62	42	0.00	0.0
March 26	58	44	0.98	0.0
March 27	46	37	0.00	0.0
March 28	50	34	0.00	0.0
March 29	52	34	0.00	0.0
March 30	52	41	0.02	0.0
March 31	52	43	0.00	0.0

April 1973 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	53	44	2.30	0.0
April 2	54	44	0.69	0.0
April 3	48	41	0.01	0.0
April 4	51	40	1.17	0.0
April 5	50	40	0.02	0.0
April 6	59	42	0.00	0.0
April 7	66	43	0.00	0.0
April 8	52	36	0.37	1.8
April 9	53	35	0.00	0.0
April 10	56	41	0.57	0.0
April 11	44	36	0.00	0.0
April 12	52	34	0.00	0.0
April 13	54	35	0.00	0.0
April 14	52	32	0.00	0.0
April 15	62	39	0.00	0.0
April 16	68	44	0.00	0.0
April 17	67	51	0.00	0.0
April 18	76	55	0.00	0.0
April 19	77	55	0.00	0.0
April 20	60	45	0.00	0.0
April 21	58	43	0.00	0.0
April 22	72	50	0.00	0.0
April 23	85	59	0.17	0.0
April 24	66	54	0.00	0.0
April 25	70	44	0.00	0.0
April 26	53	47	2.20	0.0
April 27	61	46	0.58	0.0
April 28	60	49	0.09	0.0
April 29	54	47	0.00	0.0
April 30	61	44	0.00	0.0

May 1973 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	66	45	0.00
May 2	67	55	0.00
May 3	66	55	0.02
May 4	67	54	0.04
May 5	61	48	0.00
May 6	59	57	0.00
May 7	64	49	0.00
May 8	63	46	0.00
May 9	57	52	1.65
May 10	65	55	0.00
May 11	66	52	0.34
May 12	68	53	0.00
May 13	69	51	0.00
May 14	68	50	0.00
May 15	59	54	0.05
May 16	67	51	0.02
May 17	65	51	0.00
May 18	57	52	0.89
May 19	66	47	0.00
May 20	66	54	0.77
May 21	62	55	0.13
May 22	69	53	0.00
May 23	70	51	0.15
May 24	66	54	0.00
May 25	58	52	0.00
May 26	66	49	0.00
May 27	62	46	0.00
May 28	67	51	0.24
May 29	81	60	0.00
May 30	83	62	0.00
May 31	77	61	0.00

June 1973 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	80	60	0.00
June 2	77	60	0.08
June 3	70	53	0.00
June 4	75	58	0.09
June 5	83	62	0.00
June 6	73	60	0.00
June 7	78	64	0.00
June 8	87	65	0.00
June 9	89	68	0.00
June 10	89	70	0.00
June 11	96	72	0.00
June 12	94	72	0.00
June 13	78	69	0.57
June 14	82	63	0.00
June 15	80	59	0.00
June 16	77	62	0.00
June 17	71	56	0.01
June 18	68	56	0.00
June 19	77	62	0.00
June 20	83	66	0.00
June 21	84	69	0.00
June 22	79	68	0.27
June 23	75	66	0.00
June 24	79	65	0.00
June 25	74	65	0.00
June 26	76	69	0.44
June 27	72	67	0.83
June 28	77	66	0.00
June 29	79	70	0.03
June 30	75	72	2.33

July 1973 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	75	69	0.72
July 2	83	68	0.00
July 3	80	70	0.00
July 4	79	72	0.61
July 5	76	69	0.21
July 6	87	65	0.00
July 7	90	68	0.00
July 8	95	72	0.00
July 9	96	76	0.00
July 10	88	76	0.00
July 11	79	67	0.88
July 12	74	59	0.09
July 13	79	60	0.00
July 14	90	70	0.00
July 15	76	64	1.43
July 16	80	64	0.00
July 17	82	64	0.00
July 18	78	66	0.00
July 19	86	66	0.00
July 20	86	71	0.00
July 21	74	70	1.23
July 22	84	70	0.00
July 23	84	66	0.00
July 24	90	66	0.00
July 25	89	69	0.00
July 26	74	70	0.34
July 27	81	73	0.00
July 28	86	74	0.00
July 29	79	72	0.00
July 30	86	70	0.00
July 31	84	70	0.02

August 1973 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	82	69	0.27
August 2	80	73	0.24
August 3	84	73	0.00
August 4	90	75	0.00
August 5	91	69	0.00
August 6	90	61	0.00
August 7	91	72	0.00
August 8	86	72	0.00
August 9	88	73	0.00
August 10	92	74	0.00
August 11	86	76	0.00
August 12	90	73	0.00
August 13	89	71	0.00
August 14	86	70	0.00
August 15	72	67	3.22
August 16	74	66	0.00
August 17	81	64	0.00
August 18	81	68	0.00
August 19	80	66	0.00
August 20	80	66	0.11
August 21	78	61	0.00
August 22	70	64	0.10
August 23	78	57	0.00
August 24	82	65	0.00
August 25	82	66	0.00
August 26	88	69	0.00
August 27	94	74	0.00
August 28	93	76	0.00
August 29	95	73	0.00
August 30	100	76	0.00
August 31	96	74	0.60

September 1973 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	93	72	0.02
September 2	88	75	0.00
September 3	94	75	0.23
September 4	94	76	0.00
September 5	76	69	0.00
September 6	83	70	0.03
September 7	81	66	0.00
September 8	76	62	0.00
September 9	75	56	0.00
September 10	74	52	0.00
September 11	80	62	0.00
September 12	80	63	0.00
September 13	78	56	0.00
September 14	73	58	0.49
September 15	70	58	0.69
September 16	79	62	0.00
September 17	70	54	0.00
September 18	71	54	0.95
September 19	68	51	0.00
September 20	73	55	0.00
September 21	65	46	0.00
September 22	71	48	0.00
September 23	80	66	0.82
September 24	66	58	0.02
September 25	68	54	0.00
September 26	71	49	0.00
September 27	74	56	0.00
September 28	76	61	0.00
September 29	80	58	0.00
September 30	73	50	0.00

October 1973 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	72	51	0.00
October 2	75	58	0.00
October 3	71	66	1.72
October 4	80	63	0.00
October 5	76	59	0.00
October 6	76	54	0.00
October 7	70	50	0.00
October 8	71	48	0.00
October 9	74	51	0.00
October 10	66	52	0.02
October 11	64	49	0.00
October 12	74	46	0.00
October 13	72	58	0.00
October 14	73	58	0.02
October 15	75	56	0.00
October 16	67	52	0.00
October 17	61	45	0.00
October 18	58	44	0.06
October 19	59	42	0.00
October 20	61	51	0.05
October 21	64	42	0.00
October 22	67	45	0.00
October 23	70	51	0.00
October 24	72	53	0.00
October 25	61	54	0.00
October 26	57	53	0.06
October 27	70	51	0.00
October 28	54	40	0.00
October 29	63	44	0.40
October 30	63	51	1.96
October 31	62	51	0.08

November 1973 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	60	54	0.62
November 2	65	50	0.00
November 3	62	49	0.00
November 4	54	43	0.00
November 5	49	40	0.00
November 6	45	37	0.00
November 7	52	39	0.00
November 8	55	36	0.00
November 9	53	37	0.00
November 10	43	31	0.00
November 11	45	29	0.00
November 12	51	35	0.00
November 13	58	44	0.00
November 14	65	55	0.00
November 15	66	49	0.00
November 16	60	37	0.14
November 17	44	33	0.00
November 18	51	39	0.02
November 19	49	36	0.05
November 20	43	31	0.00
November 21	51	32	0.00
November 22	58	48	0.52
November 23	50	47	0.00
November 24	52	40	0.11
November 25	57	44	0.41
November 26	48	40	0.00
November 27	52	44	1.02
November 28	63	50	0.77
November 29	59	42	0.00
November 30	49	41	0.00

December 1973 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	46	32	0.01
December 2	38	28	0.00
December 3	51	32	0.00
December 4	62	49	0.02
December 5	62	51	0.12
December 6	63	43	0.44
December 7	47	37	0.00
December 8	45	34	0.00
December 9	58	43	0.77
December 10	51	41	0.00
December 11	42	36	0.12
December 12	41	32	0.00
December 13	47	28	0.00
December 14	55	46	0.53
December 15	46	36	0.00
December 16	42	34	0.68
December 17	60	37	5.31
December 18	37	19	0.00
December 19	26	14	0.00
December 20	55	24	0.02
December 21	60	37	0.72
December 22	37	26	0.00
December 23	42	28	0.00
December 24	33	23	0.00
December 25	50	21	0.00
December 26	61	50	0.75
December 27	59	46	0.28
December 28	49	40	0.08
December 29	53	38	0.00
December 30	54	34	0.27
December 31	47	34	0.32

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