Climate averages 1991–2020
New Bedford weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in New Bedford: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 52 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fall River (20 km away). In July its highs average 26.5°C, 1.9°C warmer than New Bedford, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, New Bedford ranks 478th of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 228th of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; New Bedford is 5.7°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 87 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Fall River in JulyUnited States · 20 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Warwick in JulyUnited States · 41 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 82 mm rain
- Providence in JulyUnited States · 45 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 82 mm rain
- Pawtucket in JulyUnited States · 46 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 84 mm rain
- Brockton in JulyUnited States · 50 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Quincy in JulyUnited States · 69 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Dorchester in JulyUnited States · 75 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Boston in JulyUnited States · 81 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.4°C · 73 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.