New Bedford Weather in 1979

Historical record of New Bedford, Massachusetts weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 New Bedford Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	92 °F	July 13
Lowest temperature	-4 °F	February 14
Highest daily low	75 °F	August 3
Lowest daily high	10 °F	February 11
Most daily precipitation	2.2 inches	August 4
Most daily snow	3.5 inches	February 7
Total annual precipitation	52.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	15.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in New Bedford in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1979 was 92 °F which happened on July 13.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in New Bedford in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	92 °F	Jul 13
2	90 °F	Jul 29
2	90 °F	May 10
4	89 °F	Jul 30
5	88 °F	Jul 23
6	87 °F	Aug 3
6	87 °F	Jun 16
8	86 °F	Sep 7
8	86 °F	Sep 4
8	86 °F	Aug 6
8	86 °F	Aug 2
8	86 °F	Aug 1
8	86 °F	Jul 16

What was the coldest temperature in New Bedford in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1979 was -4 °F which happened on Feb 14.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in New Bedford in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-4 °F	February 14
2	-3 °F	February 18
2	-3 °F	February 12
4	0 °F	February 17
5	3 °F	February 13
5	3 °F	February 11
7	5 °F	February 16
8	6 °F	December 19
8	6 °F	February 10
10	7 °F	February 15
10	7 °F	January 19

January 1979 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	54	40	0.17	0.0
January 2	56	49	1.74	0.0
January 3	55	20	0.38	0.0
January 4	24	18	0.00	0.0
January 5	26	20	0.00	0.0
January 6	32	20	0.18	1.8
January 7	52	28	0.38	0.0
January 8	54	31	1.42	0.0
January 9	31	23	0.00	0.0
January 10	28	19	0.00	0.0
January 11	22	13	0.00	0.0
January 12	27	11	0.00	0.0
January 13	38	24	1.36	0.0
January 14	46	30	0.49	0.0
January 15	30	22	0.00	0.0
January 16	39	22	0.00	0.0
January 17	36	18	0.31	3.0
January 18	28	10	0.00	0.0
January 19	18	7	0.00	0.0
January 20	30	14	0.41	2.8
January 21	52	30	1.47	0.0
January 22	42	32	0.00	0.0
January 23	39	29	0.00	0.0
January 24	44	28	0.44	0.0
January 25	44	38	1.97	0.0
January 26	38	35	0.05	0.0
January 27	42	36	0.00	0.0
January 28	40	36	0.01	0.0
January 29	45	38	0.00	0.0
January 30	43	35	0.00	0.0
January 31	38	30	0.00	0.0

February 1979 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	30	23	0.10	1.0
February 2	31	22	0.00	0.0
February 3	35	22	0.00	0.0
February 4	37	22	0.00	0.0
February 5	28	20	0.00	0.0
February 6	24	15	0.00	0.0
February 7	26	16	0.35	3.5
February 8	31	19	0.20	2.0
February 9	22	12	0.00	0.0
February 10	14	6	0.00	0.0
February 11	10	3	0.00	0.0
February 12	14	-3	0.00	0.0
February 13	14	3	0.00	0.0
February 14	12	-4	0.00	0.0
February 15	21	7	0.00	0.0
February 16	17	5	0.10	1.0
February 17	12	0	0.00	0.0
February 18	19	-3	0.00	0.0
February 19	28	12	0.00	0.0
February 20	37	18	0.00	0.0
February 21	43	29	0.42	0.0
February 22	48	36	0.00	0.0
February 23	38	31	0.02	0.0
February 24	45	34	1.53	0.0
February 25	39	35	0.41	0.0
February 26	35	32	1.67	0.0
February 27	35	33	0.06	0.0
February 28	47	31	0.00	0.0

March 1979 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	47	34	0.00
March 2	38	34	0.15
March 3	44	35	0.14
March 4	46	34	0.00
March 5	55	44	0.00
March 6	50	45	0.03
March 7	49	41	1.38
March 8	46	39	0.02
March 9	47	38	0.00
March 10	46	36	0.00
March 11	43	27	0.16
March 12	35	24	0.00
March 13	45	25	0.00
March 14	50	39	0.17
March 15	39	22	0.00
March 16	35	20	0.00
March 17	41	28	0.00
March 18	34	25	0.00
March 19	45	34	0.00
March 20	51	36	0.03
March 21	46	39	0.06
March 22	61	39	0.00
March 23	61	38	0.00
March 24	56	43	0.06
March 25	56	43	0.32
March 26	55	37	0.00
March 27	46	31	0.00
March 28	46	29	0.00
March 29	48	35	0.00
March 30	52	42	0.05
March 31	56	42	0.13

April 1979 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	51	40	0.00	0.0
April 2	48	40	0.99	0.0
April 3	50	42	0.15	0.0
April 4	46	36	0.18	0.0
April 5	52	38	0.16	0.0
April 6	52	37	0.00	0.0
April 7	43	34	0.00	0.0
April 8	51	32	0.00	0.0
April 9	41	35	1.04	0.3
April 10	49	35	0.00	0.0
April 11	58	35	0.00	0.0
April 12	62	39	0.00	0.0
April 13	48	38	0.00	0.0
April 14	43	37	0.63	0.0
April 15	42	38	0.07	0.0
April 16	45	37	0.12	0.0
April 17	53	39	0.10	0.0
April 18	53	38	0.00	0.0
April 19	54	38	0.00	0.0
April 20	56	36	0.00	0.0
April 21	53	38	0.00	0.0
April 22	56	40	0.00	0.0
April 23	63	47	0.00	0.0
April 24	63	49	0.00	0.0
April 25	64	47	0.00	0.0
April 26	63	52	0.06	0.0
April 27	58	54	1.21	0.0
April 28	66	50	0.06	0.0
April 29	64	52	0.18	0.0
April 30	65	48	0.20	0.0

May 1979 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	69	48	0.00
May 2	62	43	0.00
May 3	64	47	0.08
May 4	71	51	0.26
May 5	62	52	0.08
May 6	57	46	0.00
May 7	66	52	0.00
May 8	68	50	0.00
May 9	80	58	0.00
May 10	90	64	0.00
May 11	73	56	0.00
May 12	67	55	0.00
May 13	61	58	0.74
May 14	65	57	0.36
May 15	65	56	0.22
May 16	74	57	0.00
May 17	64	56	0.00
May 18	67	52	0.09
May 19	57	52	0.08
May 20	64	52	0.09
May 21	68	52	0.02
May 22	72	58	0.00
May 23	65	54	0.49
May 24	64	56	1.53
May 25	67	60	0.59
May 26	68	55	0.03
May 27	66	54	0.17
May 28	62	58	0.15
May 29	69	56	0.01
May 30	69	60	0.33
May 31	76	59	0.02

June 1979 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	74	56	0.00
June 2	70	54	0.00
June 3	70	54	0.03
June 4	63	58	0.64
June 5	69	57	0.05
June 6	76	57	0.00
June 7	77	58	0.00
June 8	70	60	0.00
June 9	74	60	0.00
June 10	74	62	0.00
June 11	76	62	0.00
June 12	67	51	0.19
June 13	72	50	0.00
June 14	75	54	0.00
June 15	83	58	0.00
June 16	87	65	0.00
June 17	78	62	0.00
June 18	82	60	0.27
June 19	70	57	0.00
June 20	79	54	0.00
June 21	76	50	0.00
June 22	77	56	0.00
June 23	78	63	0.00
June 24	72	57	0.00
June 25	69	53	0.00
June 26	71	50	0.00
June 27	69	54	0.00
June 28	74	57	0.00
June 29	75	60	0.00
June 30	77	61	0.20

July 1979 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	74	66	0.69
July 2	74	64	0.00
July 3	83	64	0.00
July 4	74	59	0.09
July 5	68	52	0.00
July 6	74	53	0.00
July 7	74	56	0.00
July 8	82	59	0.00
July 9	80	62	0.00
July 10	75	62	0.00
July 11	78	65	0.00
July 12	79	63	0.00
July 13	92	67	0.00
July 14	84	67	0.00
July 15	78	70	0.03
July 16	86	70	0.00
July 17	83	67	0.00
July 18	83	64	0.00
July 19	80	64	0.00
July 20	81	64	0.00
July 21	83	69	0.00
July 22	82	68	0.00
July 23	88	70	0.00
July 24	84	70	0.00
July 25	85	71	0.00
July 26	80	73	0.00
July 27	83	70	0.50
July 28	85	72	0.00
July 29	90	72	0.06
July 30	89	69	0.00
July 31	84	70	0.00

August 1979 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	72	0.00
August 2	86	75	0.00
August 3	87	75	0.17
August 4	80	73	2.17
August 5	85	72	0.00
August 6	86	69	0.00
August 7	80	59	0.00
August 8	85	69	0.03
August 9	81	66	0.00
August 10	77	65	0.17
August 11	70	60	0.32
August 12	60	56	0.90
August 13	72	54	1.16
August 14	76	58	0.00
August 15	71	54	0.00
August 16	73	55	0.00
August 17	76	56	0.00
August 18	72	58	0.22
August 19	70	61	0.15
August 20	72	61	0.00
August 21	71	58	0.00
August 22	78	62	0.00
August 23	70	59	0.00
August 24	78	64	0.00
August 25	75	70	0.01
August 26	82	66	0.00
August 27	74	66	0.08
August 28	81	69	0.00
August 29	79	70	0.48
August 30	80	72	0.01
August 31	84	66	0.00

September 1979 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	76	62	0.00
September 2	78	64	0.02
September 3	80	71	0.02
September 4	86	69	0.00
September 5	77	66	0.00
September 6	74	70	1.02
September 7	86	67	0.00
September 8	72	59	0.00
September 9	70	49	0.00
September 10	70	55	0.00
September 11	74	57	0.00
September 12	68	49	0.00
September 13	71	58	0.00
September 14	75	64	0.10
September 15	73	60	0.05
September 16	73	52	0.00
September 17	77	56	0.00
September 18	75	60	0.00
September 19	73	48	0.00
September 20	58	40	0.00
September 21	67	52	0.23
September 22	66	54	1.48
September 23	58	47	0.00
September 24	63	43	0.00
September 25	66	50	0.00
September 26	78	52	0.00
September 27	72	54	0.00
September 28	71	57	0.00
September 29	70	62	0.15
September 30	62	57	0.57

October 1979 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	60	56	0.45	0.0
October 2	71	54	0.00	0.0
October 3	70	60	0.70	0.0
October 4	75	56	0.00	0.0
October 5	70	60	0.12	0.0
October 6	66	54	0.00	0.0
October 7	62	52	0.29	0.0
October 8	56	43	0.00	0.0
October 9	64	43	0.38	0.0
October 10	43	33	0.83	n/a
October 11	50	32	0.00	0.0
October 12	58	40	0.22	0.0
October 13	57	46	0.38	0.0
October 14	52	41	0.00	0.0
October 15	56	36	0.00	0.0
October 16	56	44	0.00	0.0
October 17	58	45	0.00	0.0
October 18	68	54	0.00	0.0
October 19	60	48	0.00	0.0
October 20	66	54	0.00	0.0
October 21	70	58	0.00	0.0
October 22	82	59	0.00	0.0
October 23	72	59	0.00	0.0
October 24	66	51	0.02	0.0
October 25	56	42	0.00	0.0
October 26	52	39	0.00	0.0
October 27	45	32	0.00	0.0
October 28	54	34	0.23	0.0
October 29	58	44	0.00	0.0
October 30	53	39	0.00	0.0
October 31	54	35	0.00	0.0

November 1979 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	56	37	0.00
November 2	67	51	0.02
November 3	63	46	1.16
November 4	55	39	0.00
November 5	55	36	0.00
November 6	52	40	0.00
November 7	61	48	0.00
November 8	52	42	0.00
November 9	59	46	0.11
November 10	66	55	0.32
November 11	56	45	0.66
November 12	48	44	0.34
November 13	47	45	0.39
November 14	46	37	0.22
November 15	45	33	0.00
November 16	46	28	0.00
November 17	50	28	0.05
November 18	54	43	0.00
November 19	53	36	0.00
November 20	56	45	0.00
November 21	56	44	0.00
November 22	55	40	0.00
November 23	68	51	0.00
November 24	69	54	0.00
November 25	68	55	0.00
November 26	64	55	0.79
November 27	59	48	0.00
November 28	61	46	0.00
November 29	46	35	0.00
November 30	42	29	0.00

December 1979 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	42	30	0.00
December 2	37	28	0.00
December 3	42	23	0.00
December 4	42	32	0.00
December 5	50	32	0.00
December 6	56	50	1.24
December 7	57	41	0.44
December 8	51	29	0.00
December 9	38	24	0.00
December 10	44	36	0.00
December 11	55	36	0.00
December 12	58	47	0.00
December 13	55	36	0.78
December 14	37	23	0.00
December 15	38	22	0.00
December 16	54	38	0.28
December 17	40	15	0.17
December 18	27	13	0.00
December 19	19	6	0.00
December 20	29	19	0.00
December 21	36	24	0.00
December 22	41	32	0.00
December 23	49	35	0.02
December 24	52	44	0.05
December 25	54	43	0.39
December 26	47	38	0.00
December 27	42	33	0.00
December 28	40	30	0.00
December 29	50	37	0.00
December 30	46	31	0.00
December 31	40	26	0.00

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