All-time weather records — Bridgeport, CT

Record high
102.9°F
July 22, 1957
Record low
-7.1°F
January 22, 1984
Wettest day
6.18 in
June 19, 1972

Climate change signal in Bridgeport

19.4%

of Bridgeport's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (71 of 366 records since 2015).

6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (22 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 #
1940s
17
10
1950s
60
77
1960s
26
94
1970s
37
47
1980s
30
63
1990s
57
34
2000s
47
14
2010s
52
22
2020s
40
5

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 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1942-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 69.1°F — Jan 12, 2020 -7.1°F — Jan 22, 1984 4.30 in — Jan 21, 1979
February 68.0°F — Feb 16, 2023 -5.8°F — Feb 14, 2016 2.36 in — Feb 25, 2010
March 84.0°F — Mar 13, 1990 3.9°F — Mar 19, 1967 4.20 in — Mar 22, 1977
April 91.0°F — Apr 28, 1990 18.0°F — Apr 7, 1982 5.30 in — Apr 23, 2006
May 97.0°F — May 20, 1996 30.9°F — May 10, 1966 3.21 in — May 29, 1968
June 97.0°F — Jun 9, 2008 41.0°F — Jun 1, 1967 6.18 in — Jun 19, 1972
July 102.9°F — Jul 22, 1957 48.9°F — Jul 1, 1988 5.95 in — Jul 19, 1971
August 100.0°F — Aug 9, 2001 44.1°F — Aug 29, 1982 4.66 in — Aug 19, 1991
September 99.0°F — Sep 2, 1953 36.0°F — Sep 21, 1956 5.77 in — Sep 1, 2021
October 89.1°F — Oct 8, 2007 26.1°F — Oct 20, 1972 4.76 in — Oct 15, 1955
November 81.0°F — Nov 1, 2024 13.1°F — Nov 23, 2018 3.12 in — Nov 2, 1954
December 75.9°F — Dec 7, 1998 -4.0°F — Dec 25, 1980 3.69 in — Dec 4, 1968

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Bridgeport.