Climate averages 1991–2020
Bridgeport weather
in January.
A cold, wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Bridgeport: daytime highs average 2.6°C and nights cool to about -3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 34 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Norwalk (20 km away). In January its highs average 2.6°C, about as warm as Bridgeport, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Bridgeport ranks joint 380th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 409th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Bridgeport is 6.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 3.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 96 mm to 87 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bridgeport climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 2.6°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 96 | 9.5 | 9.610 h |
| February | 3.6°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 87 | 9.0 | 10.611 h |
| March | 7.5°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 116 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.6°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 104 | 10.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.0°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 92 | 11.5 | 14.514 h |
| June | 24.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 97 | 10.9 | 15.115 h |
| July | 27.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 87 | 10.2 | 14.815 h |
| August | 26.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 103 | 10.2 | 13.814 h |
| September | 22.8°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 103 | 9.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 113 | 9.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.7°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 95 | 9.0 | 9.910 h |
| December | 5.5°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 119 | 10.4 | 9.39 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Norwalk in JanuaryUnited States · 20 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -4.1°C · 84 mm rain
- New Haven in JanuaryUnited States · 26 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -3.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Stamford in JanuaryUnited States · 32 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -4.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Danbury in JanuaryUnited States · 33 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -6.0°C · 88 mm precipitation
- Waterbury in JanuaryUnited States · 44 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -5.9°C · 88 mm rain
- Greenburgh in JanuaryUnited States · 57 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -4.7°C · 83 mm rain
- New Britain in JanuaryUnited States · 64 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -6.6°C · 84 mm precipitation
- Yonkers in JanuaryUnited States · 66 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -4.8°C · 84 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bridgeport) is explained once on the Bridgeport year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.