Climate averages 1991–2020
New Bedford weather
in April.
A cool, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in New Bedford: daytime highs average 11.0°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 18 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fall River (20 km away). In April its highs average 12.7°C, 1.7°C warmer than New Bedford, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, New Bedford ranks 488th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 336th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; New Bedford is 8.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 16.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 96 mm to 78 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
New Bedford climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.9°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 94 | 9.9 | 9.510 h |
| February | 3.4°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 81 | 9.1 | 10.611 h |
| March | 6.1°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 111 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 11.0°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 96 | 10.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 16.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 78 | 10.8 | 14.515 h |
| June | 21.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 83 | 9.1 | 15.115 h |
| July | 24.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 74 | 9.5 | 14.915 h |
| August | 24.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 87 | 9.5 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.0°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 88 | 8.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.8°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 104 | 9.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.5°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 93 | 8.9 | 9.910 h |
| December | 5.8°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 109 | 10.7 | 9.29 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Fall River in AprilUnited States · 20 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 4.8°C · 96 mm rain
- Warwick in AprilUnited States · 41 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 4.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Providence in AprilUnited States · 45 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Pawtucket in AprilUnited States · 46 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 4.4°C · 94 mm rain
- Brockton in AprilUnited States · 50 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 4.2°C · 95 mm rain
- Quincy in AprilUnited States · 69 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 4.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Dorchester in AprilUnited States · 75 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 3.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Boston in AprilUnited States · 81 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.5°C · 100 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for New Bedford) is explained once on the New Bedford year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.