Climate averages 1991–2020
New Bedford weather
in March.
A cold, wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in New Bedford: daytime highs average 6.1°C and nights cool to about 0.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 111 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fall River (20 km away). In March its highs average 7.1°C, 1.0°C warmer than New Bedford, with 111 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, New Bedford ranks joint 461st of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 428th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; New Bedford is 8.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 11.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 111 mm to 96 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Fall River in MarchUnited States · 20 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -0.5°C · 111 mm rain
- Warwick in MarchUnited States · 41 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -0.7°C · 111 mm rain
- Providence in MarchUnited States · 45 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -1.2°C · 111 mm rain
- Pawtucket in MarchUnited States · 46 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -1.3°C · 109 mm rain
- Brockton in MarchUnited States · 50 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -1.2°C · 112 mm rain
- Quincy in MarchUnited States · 69 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -1.2°C · 116 mm rain
- Dorchester in MarchUnited States · 75 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -1.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Boston in MarchUnited States · 81 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -2.4°C · 116 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.