New Bedford Weather in 1978

Historical record of New Bedford, Massachusetts weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 New Bedford Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	July 23
Lowest temperature	4 °F	February 4
Highest daily low	78 °F	July 23
Lowest daily high	20 °F	February 4
Most daily precipitation	3.6 inches	January 14
Most daily snow	21.0 inches	February 6
Total annual precipitation	49.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	68.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in New Bedford in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1978 was 93 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in New Bedford in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Jul 23
1	93 °F	Jul 22
3	90 °F	Aug 15
3	90 °F	Aug 14
5	89 °F	Jul 9
6	88 °F	Jun 28
7	87 °F	Jul 21
8	86 °F	Aug 23
8	86 °F	Aug 16
8	86 °F	Aug 10
8	86 °F	Jul 13
8	86 °F	Jun 29
8	86 °F	Jun 19

What was the coldest temperature in New Bedford in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1978 was 4 °F which happened on Feb 4.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in New Bedford in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	4 °F	February 4
2	6 °F	February 5
3	10 °F	February 11
3	10 °F	January 11
3	10 °F	January 10
6	12 °F	March 1
6	12 °F	February 3
8	13 °F	February 20
9	14 °F	March 5
9	14 °F	March 2
9	14 °F	February 22
9	14 °F	February 10
9	14 °F	February 9
9	14 °F	January 31
9	14 °F	January 30

January 1978 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	34	25	0.10	1.0
January 2	28	21	0.25	2.5
January 3	27	20	0.00	0.0
January 4	31	15	0.00	0.0
January 5	40	31	0.00	0.0
January 6	42	32	0.00	0.0
January 7	36	28	0.00	0.0
January 8	50	28	0.12	0.0
January 9	52	19	2.23	0.0
January 10	21	10	0.00	0.0
January 11	31	10	0.00	0.0
January 12	33	21	0.00	0.0
January 13	36	25	0.97	4.5
January 14	38	31	3.58	0.0
January 15	33	18	0.00	0.0
January 16	27	18	0.00	0.0
January 17	33	24	0.20	2.0
January 18	45	23	0.42	0.0
January 19	31	19	0.25	0.3
January 20	36	24	1.92	13.0
January 21	28	17	0.00	0.0
January 22	35	17	0.00	0.0
January 23	31	19	0.00	0.0
January 24	38	20	0.00	0.0
January 25	50	34	0.81	0.0
January 26	55	34	0.44	0.0
January 27	34	23	0.00	0.0
January 28	30	19	0.00	0.0
January 29	23	16	0.00	0.0
January 30	27	14	0.00	0.0
January 31	29	14	0.00	0.0

February 1978 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	30	16	0.00	0.0
February 2	25	17	0.00	0.0
February 3	21	12	0.00	0.0
February 4	20	4	0.00	0.0
February 5	26	6	0.00	0.0
February 6	35	19	2.10	21.0
February 7	34	28	0.50	5.0
February 8	31	24	0.00	0.0
February 9	33	14	0.00	0.0
February 10	26	14	0.00	0.0
February 11	29	10	0.00	0.0
February 12	34	21	0.00	0.0
February 13	37	22	0.00	0.0
February 14	33	25	0.00	0.0
February 15	35	21	0.00	0.0
February 16	40	26	0.00	0.0
February 17	46	31	0.00	0.0
February 18	43	30	0.00	0.0
February 19	33	20	0.00	0.0
February 20	32	13	0.00	0.0
February 21	34	17	0.00	0.0
February 22	30	14	0.00	0.0
February 23	38	20	0.00	0.0
February 24	36	24	0.00	0.0
February 25	42	29	0.00	0.0
February 26	39	27	0.00	0.0
February 27	36	22	0.00	0.0
February 28	34	17	0.00	0.0

March 1978 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	30	12	0.00	0.0
March 2	28	14	0.00	0.0
March 3	30	17	0.65	6.5
March 4	32	20	0.05	0.5
March 5	26	14	0.00	0.0
March 6	34	18	0.00	0.0
March 7	37	22	0.00	0.0
March 8	35	18	0.00	0.0
March 9	42	22	0.00	0.0
March 10	41	31	0.17	0.0
March 11	49	30	0.00	0.0
March 12	52	36	0.00	0.0
March 13	45	33	0.00	0.0
March 14	49	32	0.56	0.0
March 15	48	36	0.00	0.0
March 16	39	29	0.65	6.5
March 17	34	27	0.20	2.0
March 18	38	21	0.00	0.0
March 19	48	31	0.00	0.0
March 20	42	30	0.00	0.0
March 21	52	34	0.09	0.0
March 22	50	39	0.06	0.0
March 23	53	37	0.00	0.0
March 24	54	33	0.02	0.0
March 25	44	24	0.00	0.0
March 26	42	36	0.04	0.0
March 27	51	40	0.87	0.0
March 28	56	40	0.00	0.0
March 29	60	38	0.00	0.0
March 30	48	33	0.00	0.0
March 31	52	34	0.00	0.0

April 1978 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	53	40	0.02
April 2	54	32	0.00
April 3	45	27	0.00
April 4	40	35	0.01
April 5	61	40	0.06
April 6	57	36	0.00
April 7	45	39	0.04
April 8	50	39	0.00
April 9	52	31	0.00
April 10	58	32	0.00
April 11	49	43	0.15
April 12	61	42	0.04
April 13	58	44	0.00
April 14	54	42	0.00
April 15	48	38	0.00
April 16	50	36	0.00
April 17	49	40	0.12
April 18	54	39	0.11
April 19	51	41	1.20
April 20	53	44	1.18
April 21	56	44	0.00
April 22	60	41	0.00
April 23	62	38	0.00
April 24	64	42	0.00
April 25	55	42	0.00
April 26	61	43	0.00
April 27	49	38	0.09
April 28	51	41	0.00
April 29	69	41	0.00
April 30	54	38	0.00

May 1978 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	53	34	0.00
May 2	61	36	0.00
May 3	59	40	0.00
May 4	57	39	0.00
May 5	57	40	1.09
May 6	60	39	0.00
May 7	68	48	0.00
May 8	65	48	0.00
May 9	54	51	1.83
May 10	68	49	0.00
May 11	66	50	0.00
May 12	68	48	0.00
May 13	63	51	0.00
May 14	63	50	0.38
May 15	53	48	0.81
May 16	52	46	0.31
May 17	60	48	0.00
May 18	63	48	0.00
May 19	66	51	0.00
May 20	78	53	0.00
May 21	79	57	0.06
May 22	77	53	0.00
May 23	77	55	0.00
May 24	66	57	0.62
May 25	59	54	0.79
May 26	64	52	0.10
May 27	70	55	0.00
May 28	71	58	0.00
May 29	75	58	0.00
May 30	82	57	0.00
May 31	77	59	0.00

June 1978 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	84	59	0.00
June 2	69	57	0.00
June 3	76	57	0.00
June 4	74	56	0.11
June 5	72	54	0.02
June 6	73	55	0.00
June 7	71	54	0.00
June 8	65	62	0.43
June 9	76	60	0.12
June 10	75	55	0.00
June 11	74	56	0.00
June 12	76	58	0.00
June 13	74	54	0.00
June 14	66	51	0.01
June 15	75	51	0.00
June 16	75	55	0.00
June 17	72	54	0.00
June 18	71	58	0.02
June 19	86	62	0.00
June 20	84	66	0.00
June 21	81	62	0.00
June 22	75	63	0.05
June 23	78	59	0.00
June 24	75	58	0.00
June 25	81	61	0.00
June 26	76	60	0.03
June 27	80	64	0.00
June 28	88	66	0.00
June 29	86	67	0.00
June 30	82	66	0.00

July 1978 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	78	59	0.00
July 2	76	55	0.00
July 3	75	60	0.00
July 4	61	55	1.17
July 5	70	54	1.09
July 6	77	56	0.00
July 7	84	63	0.00
July 8	n/a	n/a	0.00
July 9	89	n/a	0.00
July 10	83	65	0.00
July 11	78	62	0.00
July 12	79	56	0.00
July 13	86	65	0.00
July 14	74	64	0.00
July 15	71	65	0.54
July 16	77	63	0.16
July 17	71	64	0.11
July 18	85	64	0.00
July 19	83	66	0.00
July 20	83	68	0.00
July 21	87	69	0.00
July 22	93	68	0.00
July 23	93	78	0.00
July 24	78	66	0.00
July 25	78	64	0.00
July 26	76	59	0.00
July 27	80	64	0.00
July 28	81	71	0.04
July 29	80	63	0.00
July 30	76	68	0.05
July 31	77	60	0.12

August 1978 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	69	59	0.23
August 2	70	64	0.59
August 3	80	67	0.21
August 4	80	67	0.12
August 5	75	65	0.00
August 6	82	64	0.07
August 7	78	71	2.37
August 8	83	72	0.24
August 9	84	67	0.00
August 10	86	69	0.00
August 11	82	65	0.00
August 12	75	68	0.06
August 13	80	66	0.00
August 14	90	66	0.00
August 15	90	71	0.00
August 16	86	70	0.00
August 17	84	74	0.00
August 18	85	69	0.00
August 19	84	65	0.00
August 20	83	66	0.00
August 21	77	66	0.00
August 22	83	61	0.00
August 23	86	63	0.00
August 24	75	63	0.01
August 25	63	58	0.10
August 26	77	58	0.00
August 27	75	58	0.00
August 28	72	65	0.47
August 29	85	69	0.01
August 30	84	67	0.00
August 31	72	63	0.08

September 1978 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	73	62	0.43
September 2	80	59	0.00
September 3	78	62	0.00
September 4	80	62	0.00
September 5	82	59	0.00
September 6	74	59	0.00
September 7	78	59	0.00
September 8	67	47	0.00
September 9	67	54	0.06
September 10	68	46	0.00
September 11	72	59	0.01
September 12	78	57	0.84
September 13	61	52	0.00
September 14	66	47	0.00
September 15	67	54	0.03
September 16	76	60	0.00
September 17	71	55	0.01
September 18	61	53	0.09
September 19	65	50	0.55
September 20	70	47	0.00
September 21	77	58	0.00
September 22	70	53	0.21
September 23	64	49	0.00
September 24	66	46	0.00
September 25	73	53	0.00
September 26	61	41	0.00
September 27	66	46	0.00
September 28	70	49	0.00
September 29	64	42	0.00
September 30	64	46	0.00

October 1978 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	73	58	0.02
October 2	78	54	0.00
October 3	56	44	0.00
October 4	57	50	0.21
October 5	67	54	0.02
October 6	62	54	0.63
October 7	64	49	0.00
October 8	55	43	0.00
October 9	55	36	0.00
October 10	70	44	0.00
October 11	70	48	0.00
October 12	68	50	0.00
October 13	72	58	0.00
October 14	66	61	1.72
October 15	62	42	0.00
October 16	53	35	0.00
October 17	48	34	0.00
October 18	54	34	0.00
October 19	62	48	0.02
October 20	52	42	0.00
October 21	68	42	0.00
October 22	74	52	0.00
October 23	76	46	0.10
October 24	50	33	0.03
October 25	57	45	0.00
October 26	66	57	0.08
October 27	61	47	0.47
October 28	62	44	0.00
October 29	57	43	0.00
October 30	49	38	0.00
October 31	58	40	0.00

November 1978 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	53	37	0.00	0.0
November 2	64	39	0.00	0.0
November 3	64	45	0.00	0.0
November 4	61	42	0.00	0.0
November 5	53	47	0.00	0.0
November 6	61	44	0.00	0.0
November 7	65	50	0.00	0.0
November 8	50	47	0.00	0.0
November 9	61	41	0.00	0.0
November 10	64	46	0.00	0.0
November 11	55	45	0.00	0.0
November 12	50	35	0.00	0.0
November 13	48	32	0.00	0.0
November 14	60	46	0.00	0.0
November 15	58	46	0.00	0.0
November 16	48	37	0.02	0.0
November 17	56	36	0.32	0.0
November 18	66	46	0.64	0.0
November 19	54	40	0.00	0.0
November 20	46	36	0.00	0.0
November 21	36	31	0.05	0.5
November 22	36	32	0.07	0.0
November 23	43	32	0.06	0.0
November 24	48	37	0.87	0.0
November 25	40	26	0.00	0.0
November 26	30	21	0.00	0.0
November 27	38	20	0.90	1.8
November 28	41	30	0.16	0.0
November 29	44	31	0.29	0.0
November 30	49	39	0.32	0.0

December 1978 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	43	31	0.00	0.0
December 2	53	33	0.00	0.0
December 3	49	24	0.14	0.8
December 4	59	49	0.68	0.0
December 5	56	40	0.49	0.0
December 6	55	37	0.00	0.0
December 7	51	37	0.00	0.0
December 8	56	44	0.65	0.0
December 9	54	34	1.37	0.8
December 10	34	23	0.00	0.0
December 11	29	21	0.00	0.0
December 12	39	22	0.00	0.0
December 13	48	31	0.00	0.0
December 14	44	28	0.00	0.0
December 15	46	28	0.00	0.0
December 16	53	37	0.00	0.0
December 17	46	31	0.26	0.0
December 18	32	22	0.00	0.0
December 19	35	21	0.00	0.0
December 20	36	24	0.09	0.0
December 21	47	32	0.53	0.0
December 22	40	29	0.00	0.0
December 23	45	33	0.00	0.0
December 24	40	29	0.04	0.0
December 25	48	35	0.68	0.0
December 26	39	30	0.00	0.0
December 27	34	28	0.00	0.0
December 28	32	24	0.00	0.0
December 29	33	21	0.00	0.0
December 30	42	22	0.00	0.0
December 31	42	32	0.06	0.0

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