New Bedford Weather in 1981

Historical record of New Bedford, Massachusetts weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 New Bedford Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	July 9
Lowest temperature	-4 °F	January 4
Highest daily low	77 °F	July 9
Lowest daily high	7 °F	January 4
Most daily precipitation	2.3 inches	June 20
Most daily snow	6.0 inches	December 6
Total annual precipitation	41.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	34.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in New Bedford in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1981 was 96 °F which happened on July 9.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in New Bedford in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Jul 9
2	93 °F	Jul 8
2	93 °F	Jul 7
4	92 °F	Jul 11
5	90 °F	Jun 17
6	88 °F	Jul 10
6	88 °F	Jul 6
6	88 °F	May 25
9	87 °F	Aug 10
9	87 °F	Jul 27
9	87 °F	Jul 17

What was the coldest temperature in New Bedford in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1981 was -4 °F which happened on Jan 4.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in New Bedford in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-4 °F	January 4
2	-2 °F	January 12
3	-1 °F	January 5
4	1 °F	January 11
5	4 °F	January 10
6	5 °F	January 13
7	6 °F	January 18
8	7 °F	January 9
8	7 °F	January 8
8	7 °F	January 3

January 1981 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	31	14	0.00	0.0
January 2	30	16	0.53	5.3
January 3	16	7	0.20	2.0
January 4	7	-4	0.00	0.0
January 5	23	-1	0.00	0.0
January 6	38	13	0.00	0.0
January 7	38	11	0.52	2.0
January 8	18	7	0.00	0.0
January 9	22	7	0.00	0.0
January 10	23	4	0.25	2.5
January 11	12	1	0.00	0.0
January 12	13	-2	0.00	0.0
January 13	22	5	0.00	0.0
January 14	26	10	0.00	0.0
January 15	26	17	0.20	2.0
January 16	30	16	0.10	1.0
January 17	27	13	0.30	3.0
January 18	26	6	0.00	0.0
January 19	43	22	0.00	0.0
January 20	38	24	0.00	0.0
January 21	34	13	0.00	0.0
January 22	37	18	0.00	0.0
January 23	40	25	0.00	0.0
January 24	35	26	0.00	0.0
January 25	35	18	0.00	0.0
January 26	44	27	0.00	0.0
January 27	50	34	0.00	0.0
January 28	39	29	0.00	0.0
January 29	35	20	0.03	0.3
January 30	25	14	0.00	0.0
January 31	34	11	0.00	0.0

February 1981 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	39	24	0.04	0.0
February 2	48	34	0.80	0.0
February 3	35	16	0.00	0.0
February 4	21	11	0.00	0.0
February 5	19	10	0.10	1.0
February 6	34	12	0.00	0.0
February 7	38	25	0.00	0.0
February 8	42	32	1.34	0.0
February 9	34	22	0.00	0.0
February 10	36	22	0.00	0.0
February 11	50	23	0.19	0.0
February 12	54	20	0.00	0.0
February 13	34	24	0.00	0.0
February 14	36	21	0.00	0.0
February 15	38	24	0.00	0.0
February 16	47	30	0.00	0.0
February 17	58	41	0.05	0.0
February 18	65	37	0.00	0.0
February 19	56	39	0.07	0.0
February 20	50	45	0.53	0.0
February 21	54	45	0.43	0.0
February 22	47	34	0.00	0.0
February 23	42	30	0.00	0.0
February 24	48	40	0.87	0.0
February 25	47	32	0.34	0.8
February 26	41	32	0.63	0.8
February 27	48	37	0.00	0.0
February 28	47	30	0.08	0.0

March 1981 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	50	36	0.00
March 2	42	32	0.00
March 3	38	25	0.00
March 4	40	20	0.00
March 5	34	29	0.00
March 6	38	32	0.04
March 7	36	32	0.12
March 8	37	34	0.01
March 9	42	34	0.00
March 10	44	33	0.00
March 11	42	33	0.00
March 12	44	28	0.00
March 13	55	34	0.00
March 14	44	21	0.00
March 15	48	23	0.00
March 16	52	28	0.07
March 17	40	19	0.00
March 18	36	17	0.00
March 19	38	19	0.00
March 20	40	24	0.00
March 21	38	28	0.05
March 22	44	32	0.00
March 23	47	30	0.00
March 24	50	27	0.00
March 25	44	35	0.00
March 26	46	34	0.00
March 27	48	36	0.11
March 28	50	34	0.00
March 29	60	40	0.00
March 30	58	44	0.72
March 31	70	48	0.00

April 1981 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	51	42	0.00
April 2	57	45	0.94
April 3	61	43	0.00
April 4	57	46	0.00
April 5	54	48	0.81
April 6	49	36	0.16
April 7	58	34	0.00
April 8	54	38	0.00
April 9	56	44	0.11
April 10	66	45	0.00
April 11	56	44	0.00
April 12	58	44	0.00
April 13	50	36	0.00
April 14	51	38	0.61
April 15	48	36	0.00
April 16	50	32	0.00
April 17	55	42	0.00
April 18	77	48	0.01
April 19	63	42	0.00
April 20	53	39	0.02
April 21	45	32	0.00
April 22	58	30	0.00
April 23	56	40	0.58
April 24	54	44	0.41
April 25	44	41	0.18
April 26	62	40	0.00
April 27	64	46	0.00
April 28	66	49	0.00
April 29	56	49	0.39
April 30	66	48	0.00

May 1981 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	62	46	0.00
May 2	50	43	0.09
May 3	59	44	0.00
May 4	50	45	0.02
May 5	59	44	0.00
May 6	70	47	0.00
May 7	63	42	0.01
May 8	64	44	0.00
May 9	62	41	0.00
May 10	62	49	0.00
May 11	70	53	0.00
May 12	60	52	1.38
May 13	64	46	0.00
May 14	66	48	0.00
May 15	65	53	0.12
May 16	62	54	0.46
May 17	68	49	0.00
May 18	60	43	0.00
May 19	63	42	0.00
May 20	71	46	0.00
May 21	68	49	0.00
May 22	61	47	0.00
May 23	69	45	0.00
May 24	82	50	0.00
May 25	88	63	0.00
May 26	84	58	0.00
May 27	80	57	0.00
May 28	72	58	0.00
May 29	66	60	0.89
May 30	72	58	0.00
May 31	77	58	0.07

June 1981 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	73	54	0.00
June 2	67	55	0.00
June 3	66	57	0.04
June 4	78	59	0.59
June 5	78	62	0.00
June 6	74	60	0.07
June 7	76	63	0.00
June 8	72	54	0.00
June 9	79	59	0.44
June 10	79	62	0.00
June 11	79	58	0.00
June 12	82	62	0.17
June 13	77	58	0.07
June 14	68	60	0.00
June 15	70	60	0.00
June 16	75	62	0.00
June 17	90	65	0.00
June 18	82	62	0.00
June 19	78	59	0.00
June 20	70	64	2.25
June 21	76	66	0.02
June 22	73	66	0.04
June 23	79	63	0.00
June 24	76	59	0.00
June 25	73	65	1.63
June 26	75	61	0.00
June 27	78	55	0.00
June 28	82	58	0.00
June 29	86	63	0.00
June 30	77	56	0.00

July 1981 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	75	59	0.00
July 2	81	66	0.05
July 3	80	67	0.00
July 4	76	68	0.41
July 5	74	67	0.12
July 6	88	67	0.03
July 7	93	70	0.00
July 8	93	72	0.00
July 9	96	77	0.00
July 10	88	70	0.00
July 11	92	68	0.02
July 12	84	70	0.00
July 13	81	70	0.56
July 14	78	64	0.00
July 15	80	60	0.00
July 16	86	64	0.00
July 17	87	65	0.00
July 18	80	66	0.07
July 19	82	65	0.12
July 20	75	69	0.21
July 21	83	70	0.74
July 22	80	68	0.14
July 23	83	60	0.00
July 24	80	60	0.00
July 25	76	65	0.00
July 26	78	64	0.00
July 27	87	67	0.12
July 28	78	59	0.00
July 29	82	59	0.20
July 30	74	58	0.00
July 31	86	62	0.00

August 1981 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	84	64	0.00
August 2	84	63	0.00
August 3	84	66	0.00
August 4	80	68	0.00
August 5	82	69	0.02
August 6	78	67	0.00
August 7	78	61	0.00
August 8	74	67	0.02
August 9	79	68	0.71
August 10	87	70	0.00
August 11	80	68	0.00
August 12	78	68	0.00
August 13	84	68	0.00
August 14	82	65	0.00
August 15	76	66	0.00
August 16	82	66	0.56
August 17	73	56	0.00
August 18	78	57	0.00
August 19	80	56	0.00
August 20	78	56	0.00
August 21	79	57	0.00
August 22	79	59	0.00
August 23	77	62	0.00
August 24	82	62	0.11
August 25	63	52	0.25
August 26	71	48	0.00
August 27	78	58	0.00
August 28	80	61	0.00
August 29	76	56	0.00
August 30	76	59	0.00
August 31	78	58	0.00

September 1981 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	79	62	0.00
September 2	79	61	0.00
September 3	70	61	0.00
September 4	70	58	0.00
September 5	69	52	0.00
September 6	72	55	0.00
September 7	78	55	0.00
September 8	73	62	0.00
September 9	75	60	0.10
September 10	68	48	0.00
September 11	82	61	0.08
September 12	81	64	0.00
September 13	80	60	0.00
September 14	84	62	0.00
September 15	73	63	0.33
September 16	63	57	0.95
September 17	70	54	0.00
September 18	68	54	0.00
September 19	60	52	0.95
September 20	68	54	0.00
September 21	68	50	0.00
September 22	73	56	0.00
September 23	65	47	0.01
September 24	61	44	0.04
September 25	72	48	0.00
September 26	71	52	0.00
September 27	72	60	0.00
September 28	71	50	0.17
September 29	58	43	0.00
September 30	60	43	0.00

October 1981 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	54	42	0.17
October 2	56	50	0.91
October 3	51	44	0.02
October 4	61	43	0.00
October 5	60	51	0.02
October 6	59	48	0.39
October 7	61	48	0.02
October 8	57	45	0.00
October 9	54	41	0.00
October 10	52	39	0.00
October 11	53	35	0.00
October 12	51	36	0.00
October 13	60	37	0.00
October 14	66	39	0.00
October 15	62	38	0.00
October 16	60	41	0.00
October 17	61	44	0.00
October 18	59	49	0.14
October 19	59	42	0.19
October 20	55	36	0.00
October 21	63	51	0.00
October 22	67	51	0.00
October 23	67	56	0.01
October 24	58	39	0.64
October 25	53	40	0.01
October 26	55	48	0.17
October 27	62	50	0.38
October 28	68	49	0.56
October 29	50	44	0.00
October 30	51	44	0.00
October 31	56	40	0.00

November 1981 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	54	38	0.00
November 2	69	43	0.00
November 3	58	44	0.00
November 4	63	45	0.00
November 5	62	41	0.00
November 6	61	48	0.35
November 7	48	34	0.00
November 8	57	33	0.00
November 9	62	43	0.05
November 10	44	35	0.00
November 11	54	42	0.01
November 12	43	32	0.00
November 13	48	28	0.00
November 14	49	37	0.18
November 15	49	43	0.58
November 16	51	48	0.62
November 17	55	47	0.15
November 18	48	41	0.32
November 19	54	42	0.05
November 20	54	44	0.63
November 21	46	38	0.01
November 22	44	34	0.00
November 23	38	32	0.00
November 24	42	29	0.00
November 25	33	26	0.00
November 26	41	24	0.00
November 27	58	37	0.11
November 28	45	37	0.00
November 29	39	30	0.00
November 30	38	26	0.00

December 1981 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	41	24	0.42	0.0
December 2	54	40	1.11	0.0
December 3	47	37	0.01	0.0
December 4	50	33	0.00	0.0
December 5	38	30	0.73	4.5
December 6	30	29	0.60	6.0
December 7	40	29	0.00	0.0
December 8	36	31	0.00	0.0
December 9	32	27	0.00	0.0
December 10	32	26	0.00	0.0
December 11	36	26	0.00	0.0
December 12	37	27	0.03	0.3
December 13	38	22	0.00	0.0
December 14	36	25	0.69	0.5
December 15	49	33	1.98	0.0
December 16	45	31	0.16	0.0
December 17	37	29	0.11	1.0
December 18	36	26	0.02	0.0
December 19	28	20	0.00	0.0
December 20	24	17	0.00	0.0
December 21	34	13	0.00	0.0
December 22	41	33	0.02	0.0
December 23	50	32	0.24	0.0
December 24	44	32	0.00	0.0
December 25	36	30	0.00	0.0
December 26	41	28	0.08	0.8
December 27	39	32	0.22	0.5
December 28	37	28	0.01	0.0
December 29	42	29	0.23	0.0
December 30	34	24	0.00	0.0
December 31	38	22	0.00	0.0

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