Climate averages 1991–2020
New Bedford weather
in November.
A cool, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in New Bedford: daytime highs average 10.5°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes November a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 53 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fall River (20 km away). In November its highs average 10.6°C, about as warm as New Bedford, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, New Bedford ranks joint 352nd of 498 for the warmest November highs and joint 422nd of 498 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 498 cities is 15.2°C; New Bedford is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 5.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 93 mm to 109 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Fall River in NovemberUnited States · 20 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.9°C · 91 mm rain
- Warwick in NovemberUnited States · 41 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 3.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Providence in NovemberUnited States · 45 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 3.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Pawtucket in NovemberUnited States · 46 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 3.1°C · 88 mm rain
- Brockton in NovemberUnited States · 50 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 3.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Quincy in NovemberUnited States · 69 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 3.4°C · 95 mm rain
- Dorchester in NovemberUnited States · 75 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 2.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Boston in NovemberUnited States · 81 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 2.4°C · 95 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.