New Bedford Weather in 1988

Historical record of New Bedford, Massachusetts weather for the year 1988 based on NOAA data.

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1988 New Bedford Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	100 °F	June 15
Lowest temperature	-5 °F	January 15
Highest daily low	77 °F	August 10
Lowest daily high	15 °F	December 12
Most daily precipitation	2.8 inches	February 12
Most daily snow	7.0 inches	January 8
Total annual snow	19.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in New Bedford in 1988?

The highest temperature recorded in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1988 was 100 °F which happened on June 15.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in New Bedford in 1988

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	100 °F	Jun 15
2	97 °F	Jun 14
3	96 °F	Jul 30
3	96 °F	Jun 13
5	95 °F	Jun 21
6	94 °F	Aug 13
7	93 °F	Aug 12
7	93 °F	Jul 11
7	93 °F	Jul 10
10	91 °F	Jul 18
10	91 °F	Jul 17

What was the coldest temperature in New Bedford in 1988?

The lowest temperature recorded in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1988 was -5 °F which happened on Jan 15.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in New Bedford in 1988

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-5 °F	January 15
2	-4 °F	December 12
2	-4 °F	January 14
4	1 °F	December 11
5	4 °F	January 7
6	5 °F	February 7
7	7 °F	January 11
8	8 °F	January 8
8	8 °F	January 6
10	9 °F	December 13
10	9 °F	January 28
10	9 °F	January 5

January 1988 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	44	36	0.13	0.0
January 2	36	20	0.00	0.0
January 3	29	15	0.00	0.0
January 4	33	25	0.00	0.0
January 5	29	9	0.48	4.8
January 6	18	8	0.00	0.0
January 7	17	4	0.00	0.0
January 8	31	8	0.70	7.0
January 9	29	19	0.10	1.0
January 10	24	14	0.00	0.0
January 11	27	7	0.00	0.0
January 12	38	17	0.00	0.0
January 13	40	20	0.07	0.0
January 14	20	-4	0.00	0.0
January 15	19	-5	0.00	0.0
January 16	40	14	0.00	0.0
January 17	42	31	0.00	0.0
January 18	45	36	0.34	0.0
January 19	49	35	0.00	0.0
January 20	44	32	0.43	0.0
January 21	47	34	0.00	0.0
January 22	34	24	0.00	0.0
January 23	35	22	0.00	0.0
January 24	41	24	0.00	0.0
January 25	42	32	0.82	0.0
January 26	36	24	0.16	0.0
January 27	24	13	0.00	0.0
January 28	27	9	0.00	0.0
January 29	30	11	0.00	0.0
January 30	44	28	0.00	0.0
January 31	52	37	0.00	0.0

February 1988 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	56	42	0.00	0.0
February 2	48	30	0.72	0.8
February 3	30	21	0.04	0.3
February 4	32	22	0.49	1.0
February 5	25	11	0.00	0.0
February 6	23	11	n/a	0.0
February 7	26	5	0.00	0.0
February 8	34	22	0.00	0.0
February 9	36	19	0.00	0.0
February 10	39	26	0.00	0.0
February 11	38	20	0.00	0.0
February 12	40	29	2.84	1.0
February 13	35	20	n/a	0.0
February 14	34	16	0.00	0.0
February 15	47	28	1.19	0.0
February 16	46	29	0.41	0.0
February 17	40	24	0.00	0.0
February 18	49	31	0.00	0.0
February 19	41	28	0.02	0.0
February 20	42	37	0.51	0.0
February 21	43	14	0.00	0.0
February 22	40	13	0.00	0.0
February 23	50	40	0.02	0.0
February 24	40	26	0.03	0.0
February 25	33	21	n/a	0.0
February 26	35	18	0.00	0.0
February 27	37	24	0.00	0.0
February 28	35	23	0.00	0.0
February 29	41	22	0.00	0.0

March 1988 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	42	23	0.00	0.0
March 2	42	15	0.09	0.0
March 3	57	36	0.07	0.0
March 4	39	27	0.70	1.0
March 5	35	21	0.00	0.0
March 6	40	20	0.00	0.0
March 7	58	31	0.00	0.0
March 8	46	29	0.00	0.0
March 9	48	34	0.00	0.0
March 10	47	32	0.03	0.0
March 11	45	28	0.00	0.0
March 12	51	31	0.00	0.0
March 13	47	35	0.29	0.0
March 14	36	31	0.27	0.0
March 15	37	29	0.05	0.0
March 16	44	27	n/a	0.0
March 17	51	28	0.00	0.0
March 18	42	30	0.00	0.0
March 19	48	29	0.00	0.0
March 20	36	20	0.08	0.8
March 21	24	15	0.00	0.0
March 22	39	12	0.00	0.0
March 23	40	23	0.26	0.0
March 24	56	41	0.18	0.0
March 25	50	44	0.00	0.0
March 26	57	46	1.90	0.0
March 27	58	38	0.66	0.0
March 28	49	35	0.00	0.0
March 29	51	31	0.00	0.0
March 30	53	33	0.00	0.0
March 31	56	37	0.00	0.0

April 1988 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	63	39	0.05
April 2	57	43	0.02
April 3	49	42	0.00
April 4	52	46	0.40
April 5	65	43	0.00
April 6	42	38	0.00
April 7	43	38	0.01
April 8	40	37	0.05
April 9	58	38	0.00
April 10	61	n/a	0.00
April 11	n/a	36	0.08
April 12	43	32	0.00
April 13	40	31	0.01
April 14	50	31	0.00
April 15	46	37	0.09
April 16	47	35	0.03
April 17	60	36	0.00
April 18	57	44	0.11
April 19	50	34	0.00
April 20	49	34	0.00
April 21	58	40	0.00
April 22	55	37	0.00
April 23	53	36	0.07
April 24	53	42	0.06
April 25	58	43	0.00
April 26	57	40	0.00
April 27	63	44	0.00
April 28	55	48	1.44
April 29	55	42	0.00
April 30	54	43	0.08

May 1988 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	53	45	0.08
May 2	45	40	0.00
May 3	54	39	0.11
May 4	73	44	0.00
May 5	66	47	0.00
May 6	61	52	0.14
May 7	56	47	0.02
May 8	58	41	0.00
May 9	58	38	0.00
May 10	55	41	0.03
May 11	56	52	0.64
May 12	68	49	0.00
May 13	67	47	0.00
May 14	65	48	0.00
May 15	64	44	0.00
May 16	66	54	0.03
May 17	72	58	0.02
May 18	65	49	0.01
May 19	52	48	0.51
May 20	68	51	0.00
May 21	66	50	0.29
May 22	67	55	0.00
May 23	75	53	0.00
May 24	78	56	0.03
May 25	62	46	0.48
May 26	68	45	0.00
May 27	75	50	0.00
May 28	76	54	0.00
May 29	81	57	0.00
May 30	68	58	0.00
May 31	87	64	0.00

June 1988 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	74	55	0.30
June 2	57	47	0.05
June 3	63	48	n/a
June 4	58	49	0.04
June 5	80	51	0.09
June 6	77	54	n/a
June 7	77	59	n/a
June 8	74	52	n/a
June 9	61	47	0.20
June 10	71	44	n/a
June 11	72	53	n/a
June 12	86	57	n/a
June 13	96	72	n/a
June 14	97	68	n/a
June 15	100	70	n/a
June 16	78	64	n/a
June 17	78	62	0.02
June 18	77	61	n/a
June 19	77	58	n/a
June 20	72	60	n/a
June 21	95	67	n/a
June 22	88	66	n/a
June 23	86	64	0.34
June 24	70	54	n/a
June 25	66	54	n/a
June 26	75	60	1.14
June 27	73	58	n/a
June 28	76	58	n/a
June 29	72	60	0.01
June 30	72	55	0.00

July 1988 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	69	49	0.02
July 2	74	52	0.00
July 3	81	58	0.00
July 4	89	60	0.00
July 5	80	62	0.00
July 6	81	61	0.00
July 7	80	67	0.01
July 8	84	68	0.00
July 9	81	67	0.00
July 10	93	67	0.03
July 11	93	71	0.00
July 12	77	70	0.20
July 13	88	69	0.00
July 14	75	66	0.10
July 15	86	68	0.01
July 16	82	66	0.00
July 17	91	71	0.13
July 18	91	71	0.00
July 19	79	70	0.10
July 20	75	69	1.49
July 21	76	67	0.41
July 22	76	64	0.28
July 23	79	64	0.86
July 24	76	65	0.59
July 25	78	64	0.00
July 26	89	67	0.00
July 27	83	71	1.43
July 28	83	70	0.71
July 29	90	68	0.00
July 30	96	72	0.00
July 31	86	72	0.50

August 1988 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	87	68	0.00
August 2	89	71	0.00
August 3	88	73	0.00
August 4	88	75	0.00
August 5	89	76	0.00
August 6	87	76	0.00
August 7	85	75	0.20
August 8	90	73	0.00
August 9	90	73	0.00
August 10	89	77	0.00
August 11	90	76	0.00
August 12	93	76	0.00
August 13	94	74	0.00
August 14	90	74	0.00
August 15	85	72	0.00
August 16	80	70	0.00
August 17	81	63	0.00
August 18	77	64	0.00
August 19	77	55	0.00
August 20	80	58	0.00
August 21	83	60	0.00
August 22	73	52	0.00
August 23	73	52	0.00
August 24	68	61	0.68
August 25	77	61	0.00
August 26	81	64	0.00
August 27	87	65	0.00
August 28	79	70	0.00
August 29	79	72	0.00
August 30	76	60	0.27
August 31	79	57	0.00

September 1988 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	82	58	0.00
September 2	82	62	n/a
September 3	83	62	n/a
September 4	73	62	1.07
September 5	79	61	0.02
September 6	69	49	n/a
September 7	72	49	n/a
September 8	75	56	0.00
September 9	80	58	0.03
September 10	83	66	n/a
September 11	74	57	n/a
September 12	73	51	n/a
September 13	68	61	0.17
September 14	70	52	n/a
September 15	65	51	n/a
September 16	69	43	n/a
September 17	68	54	0.04
September 18	70	60	0.01
September 19	83	63	n/a
September 20	71	63	0.00
September 21	79	65	0.50
September 22	72	58	n/a
September 23	71	58	n/a
September 24	73	55	n/a
September 25	68	56	n/a
September 26	78	51	n/a
September 27	71	48	n/a
September 28	78	50	n/a
September 29	64	42	n/a
September 30	69	49	n/a

October 1988 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	75	59	0.00
October 2	74	60	0.00
October 3	69	54	0.02
October 4	54	49	0.42
October 5	51	44	0.16
October 6	58	41	0.00
October 7	57	36	0.00
October 8	48	34	1.06
October 9	57	32	0.02
October 10	63	46	0.00
October 11	62	48	0.00
October 12	56	40	0.00
October 13	47	36	0.00
October 14	55	32	0.00
October 15	68	44	0.00
October 16	65	47	0.01
October 17	68	52	0.00
October 18	67	58	0.02
October 19	61	44	0.01
October 20	52	33	0.00
October 21	52	35	0.02
October 22	58	47	1.06
October 23	52	41	0.00
October 24	59	52	0.26
October 25	54	41	0.01
October 26	59	40	0.00
October 27	56	36	0.00
October 28	60	38	0.14
October 29	52	37	0.00
October 30	48	35	0.00
October 31	46	28	0.00

November 1988 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	56	44	1.63
November 2	56	41	0.35
November 3	51	41	0.00
November 4	58	38	0.00
November 5	60	54	0.03
November 6	64	53	0.02
November 7	57	41	0.00
November 8	54	38	0.00
November 9	56	43	0.00
November 10	60	39	0.00
November 11	56	41	0.35
November 12	50	30	0.00
November 13	57	34	0.33
November 14	57	43	0.00
November 15	54	41	0.00
November 16	56	38	0.01
November 17	62	39	0.97
November 18	50	37	0.00
November 19	42	33	0.00
November 20	61	40	2.41
November 21	47	36	0.00
November 22	47	32	0.00
November 23	49	29	0.00
November 24	38	27	0.00
November 25	49	27	0.00
November 26	65	35	0.00
November 27	48	41	0.31
November 28	60	49	2.54
November 29	48	36	0.00
November 30	50	32	0.00

December 1988 New Bedford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	50	36	0.00	0.0
December 2	38	31	0.00	0.0
December 3	47	36	0.00	0.0
December 4	47	27	0.00	0.0
December 5	33	21	0.00	0.0
December 6	47	19	0.00	0.0
December 7	60	42	0.00	0.0
December 8	44	29	0.00	0.0
December 9	29	23	0.00	0.0
December 10	31	20	0.00	0.0
December 11	29	1	0.05	0.5
December 12	15	-4	0.00	0.0
December 13	38	9	0.06	0.0
December 14	40	34	0.23	0.0
December 15	50	23	0.00	0.0
December 16	22	12	0.00	0.0
December 17	20	11	0.01	1.0
December 18	36	10	n/a	0.0
December 19	35	20	0.00	0.0
December 20	51	31	0.00	0.0
December 21	49	41	0.01	0.0
December 22	42	24	0.00	0.0
December 23	48	20	0.33	0.0
December 24	53	34	0.27	0.0
December 25	53	34	0.00	0.0
December 26	34	22	0.00	0.0
December 27	44	17	0.00	0.0
December 28	54	36	0.30	0.0
December 29	36	28	0.00	0.0
December 30	40	26	0.00	0.0
December 31	40	29	0.00	0.0

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