All-time weather records — New Bedford, IL

Record high
111.0°F
July 14, 1936
Record low
-27.0°F
January 20, 1985
Wettest day
6.38 in
June 24, 1994

Climate change signal in New Bedford

8.7%

of New Bedford's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (32 of 366 records since 2015).

4.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (15 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1890s
53
24
1900s
24
25
1910s
35
42
1920s
14
38
1930s
63
20
1940s
20
27
1950s
25
16
1960s
12
33
1970s
14
34
1980s
36
48
1990s
18
19
2000s
13
19
2010s
18
20
2020s
21
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Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 26, 1942 -27.0°F — Jan 20, 1985 2.51 in — Jan 24, 1938
February 77.0°F — Feb 28, 2024 -26.0°F — Feb 1, 2019 2.43 in — Feb 21, 1997
March 87.1°F — Mar 29, 1986 -13.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 2.34 in — Mar 25, 1954
April 93.9°F — Apr 30, 1895 6.1°F — Apr 5, 1982 4.80 in — Apr 18, 2013
May 105.1°F — May 31, 1934 24.1°F — May 2, 2005 5.31 in — May 10, 1951
June 106.0°F — Jun 1, 1934 37.0°F — Jun 5, 1945 6.38 in — Jun 24, 1994
July 111.0°F — Jul 14, 1936 44.1°F — Jul 2, 1904 4.70 in — Jul 22, 2017
August 105.1°F — Aug 18, 1936 36.0°F — Aug 27, 1923 4.57 in — Aug 20, 1979
September 102.9°F — Sep 13, 1897 21.9°F — Sep 30, 1899 4.08 in — Sep 1, 1926
October 98.1°F — Oct 1, 1897 10.0°F — Oct 28, 1925 5.20 in — Oct 3, 1941
November 81.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 -8.0°F — Nov 26, 1977 2.76 in — Nov 17, 1928
December 70.0°F — Dec 4, 2012 -23.1°F — Dec 28, 1924 3.30 in — Dec 9, 2003

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