New Bedford, MA Weather Forecast

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⚠ OUTBREAK WARNING: HIGH WIND WATCH High Wind Watch issued September 23 at 3:33PM EDT until September 26 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA Until Sun 12:00am
🌪 TROPICAL ACTIVITY: TROPICAL STORM FAY Sustained winds 35 kt. Track it on the zombie radar or see NHC advisories.
🌪 TROPICAL ACTIVITY: HURRICANE ODALYS Sustained winds 75 kt. Track it on the zombie radar or see NHC advisories.
🌪 TROPICAL ACTIVITY: HURRICANE POLO Sustained winds 140 kt. Track it on the zombie radar or see NHC advisories.
Partly cloudy night
55°

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  • Humidity: 74%
  • Visibility: 6.2 Mi
  • Wind: NE at 1 MPH
  • Dew Point: 0° F
  • Cloud Cover: 50%
  • UV Index: 0 - Low
  • Air Quality: Fair
  • Moon: Waxing Gibbous (94% full) · up 5:38pm, down 4:10am

☀ Solar Outbreak Watch: Quiet · largest flare C1.1 · Kp 3 The sun naps. The horde does not. full report →

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Zombie Survival Index™

40/100 — ELEVATED Locckk yourr doooorssss

  • Mild temps: standard shamble speed
  • Clear sightlines: you will see them coming
  • Darkness: their favorite
  • Severe weather alert in effect

Today's undead advice: Count your group at dusk. Count again at dawn.

Rule #5 Silence is golden After dark, sound carries — and so does the smell of the living. all the Rules of Survival →

🌡 The weather here, in general

New Bedford has four clear seasons. July highs average 79°F and January lows average 27°F.

It essentially never gets hot here: fewer than five days a year reach 90°F. Cold, not heat, is the season worth preparing for.

Snow is a real feature of the year: roughly 30 inches falls in an average year, mostly across January, February, March and December. With 78 nights a year at or below freezing, ice on the roads is a longer season than snow on the ground.

Rainfall averages about 51 inches a year, wettest in October and driest in August.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRainSnow
Jan39°27° 5"9.1"
Feb40°27° 4.1"9.1"
Mar45°32° 4.6"7.1"
Apr54°41° 4.4"1"
May63°51° 4"
Jun72°60° 3.6"
Jul79°68° 3.8"
Aug79°67° 3.1"
Sep72°61° 4.4"
Oct63°52° 5.2"0.1"
Nov53°40° 3.4"0.5"
Dec44°32° 5"3.1"

Averages from ten years of observed daily records (2015–2024) for this location. They describe what is typical, not what will happen — for that, see the forecast above.

📷 Golden Hour

  • Golden hour: 6:01pm - 6:38pm (dawn: 6:32am - 7:09am)
  • Blue hour: 6:38pm - 7:05pm (dawn: 6:04am - 6:32am)
  • Sun sets: 270° W (rises 90° E)
  • Dark sky: 8:11pm – 4:59am · next new moon Oct 11 (17d)

Thin Sunset odds 60/100 A few clouds to catch colour. Modest, but workable.

Waxing Gibbous
94% · full Sep 26

Sun & moon: sunrisesunset.io · cloud layers: Open-Meteo · astro & Milky Way planner →

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Mostly cloudy night

High: 61° F
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Low: 52° F
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Sat

Mostly cloudy night

High: 58° F
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Low: 56° F
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Moderate confidence ±5.1°
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Sun

Rain

High: 68° F
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Low: 60° F
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Low confidence ±7.9°
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Mon

Mostly cloudy night

High: 62° F
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Low: 58° F
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Low confidence ±6.5°
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Thu Sep 24 2am 55° F

Mostly cloudy night
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  • Cloud Cover: 74%
  • Dew Point: 0° F
  • Humidity: 76%
  • Precipitation: None
  • UV Index: 0 - Unknown
  • Visibility: 6.2 Mi
  • Wind: 9 MPH / NE
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Thu Sep 24 5am 53° F

Mostly cloudy night
ddaarrkk cclouudds

  • Cloud Cover: 64%
  • Dew Point: 0° F
  • Humidity: 75%
  • Precipitation: None
  • UV Index: 0 - Unknown
  • Visibility: 6.2 Mi
  • Wind: 9 MPH / NE
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Thu Sep 24 8am 55° F

Cloudy
CLLOOUUUDDSSS LLLOOOTTTSSS

  • Cloud Cover: 88%
  • Dew Point: 0° F
  • Humidity: 68%
  • Precipitation: None
  • UV Index: 0 - Unknown
  • Visibility: 6.2 Mi
  • Wind: 11 MPH / NE
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Thu Sep 24 11am 62° F

Cloudy
CLLOOUUUDDSSS LLLOOOTTTSSS

  • Cloud Cover: 100%
  • Dew Point: 0° F
  • Humidity: 54%
  • Precipitation: None
  • UV Index: 0 - Unknown
  • Visibility: 6.2 Mi
  • Wind: 16 MPH / NE
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Thu Sep 24 2pm 63° F

Cloudy
CLLOOUUUDDSSS LLLOOOTTTSSS

  • Cloud Cover: 100%
  • Dew Point: 0° F
  • Humidity: 55%
  • Precipitation: None
  • UV Index: 0 - Unknown
  • Visibility: 6.2 Mi
  • Wind: 15 MPH / NE
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Thu Sep 24 5pm 60° F

Cloudy
CLLOOUUUDDSSS LLLOOOTTTSSS

  • Cloud Cover: 100%
  • Dew Point: 0° F
  • Humidity: 61%
  • Precipitation: None
  • UV Index: 0 - Unknown
  • Visibility: 6.2 Mi
  • Wind: 14 MPH / NE
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Thu Sep 24 8pm 53° F

Mostly cloudy night
ddaarrkk cclouudds

  • Cloud Cover: 100%
  • Dew Point: 0° F
  • Humidity: 71%
  • Precipitation: None
  • UV Index: 0 - Unknown
  • Visibility: 6.2 Mi
  • Wind: 10 MPH / NNE
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Thu Sep 24 11pm 51° F

Mostly cloudy night
ddaarrkk cclouudds

  • Cloud Cover: 100%
  • Dew Point: 0° F
  • Humidity: 80%
  • Precipitation: None
  • UV Index: 0 - Unknown
  • Visibility: 6.2 Mi
  • Wind: 10 MPH / NE

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