New Bedford, MA Weather Forecast
Bristol County, Massachusetts
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for New Bedford, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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New Bedford, MA at a glance
New Bedford is home to about 100,695 people in Bristol County, across 20 square miles. It ranks 9th by population of 283 places in Massachusetts with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Fairhaven, 4 miles away.
- County
- Bristol County
- Population
- 100,695 2023 est.
- Land area
- 20 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 5,034
- Forecast point
- 41.6613°N, 70.9379°W
How well can the network see New Bedford?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBOX (Boston, MA), to the NNW. Its lowest scan passes about 1,300 ft above New Bedford. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over New Bedford show up clearly. New Bedford is closer to its radar than 81% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KEWB (New Bedford Rgnl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near New Bedford
- Fairhaven, MA4 mi
- Acushnet, MA4 mi
- Mattapoisett, MA6 mi
- Dartmouth, MA7 mi
- Rochester, MA9 mi
- Freetown, MA9 mi
- Fall River, MA9 mi
- Westport, MA9 mi
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