Bedford climate — normals and trends
Bedford (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 1,082 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (22.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Bedford averages 127 frost days, 21 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 121 rainy days per year.
Bedford has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 137 to 117 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.1 °C (on 2 August 1975) and the coldest -28.1 °C (on 14 January 1957).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
BedfordNew Hampshire
- coords
- 42.95°, -71.52°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.8°C
Average daily high
13.7°C
Average daily low
4.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,082mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
16.3km/h
Seasonal range
26.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
127 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
21 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
121 d/yr
Annual snowfall
139.6 cm
Average feels-like high
11.6 °C
Average feels-like low
1.0 °C
Average peak gust
38.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
12 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
39.1 °C
2 August 1975
Coldest day
-28.1 °C
14 January 1957
Wettest day
101 mm
11 September 1954
Windiest day
51.9 km/h
19 August 1991
Strongest gust
129.6 km/h
26 November 1950
Hottest feels-like
42.8 °C
2 August 1975
Coldest feels-like
-34.5 °C
20 December 1942
Snowiest day
34.1 cm
19 February 1972
Sunniest day
14.8 h
20 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.5 °C | -0.1 °C | 40 mm | -42 mm |
| Feb | 0.4 °C | -0.7 °C | 86 mm | +6 mm |
| Mar | 9.5 °C | +3.6 °C | 86 mm | -10 mm |
| Apr | 14.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 110 mm | +16 mm |
| May | 18.6 °C | -0.6 °C | 241 mm | +150 mm |
| Jun | 25.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 55 mm | -34 mm |
| Jul | 29.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 82 mm | -9 mm |
| Aug | 27.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 35 mm | -53 mm |
| Sep | 23.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 71 mm | -13 mm |
| Oct | 16.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 106 mm | +16 mm |
| Nov | 8.1 °C | -0.6 °C | 73 mm | -26 mm |
| Dec | 0.4 °C | -1.7 °C | 84 mm | -14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bedford?
Bedford has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 1,082 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bedford?
The hottest day measured in Bedford between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1975, reaching 39.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bedford?
The coldest day measured in Bedford between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1957, at -28.1 °C.
Does it snow in Bedford?
Yes. Bedford gets on average 139.6 cm of snow per year and has around 127 frost days.
Has the climate of Bedford warmed?
Yes: Bedford warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bedford?
The wettest day measured in Bedford between 1940 and 2025 was 11 September 1954, with 101 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bedford?
The windiest day measured in Bedford between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1991, with winds reaching 51.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bedford?
The warmest month in Bedford is July (22.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Bedford?
Bedford receives on average 1,082 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bedford?
Bedford gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bedford?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bedford between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1972, with 34.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bedford?
Yes: Bedford has on average 12 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bedford?
In Bedford, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.8 °C on 2 August 1975, and the lowest was -34.5 °C on 20 December 1942.
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