Climate averages 1991–2020
Bridgeport weather
in March.
A cold, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Bridgeport: daytime highs average 7.5°C and nights cool to about -0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Norwalk (20 km away). In March its highs average 7.8°C, about as warm as Bridgeport, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Bridgeport ranks joint 423rd of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 448th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Bridgeport is 7.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 13.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 116 mm to 104 mm.
The annual picture
March 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 | 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Norwalk in MarchUnited States · 20 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -0.1°C · 105 mm rain
- New Haven in MarchUnited States · 26 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 0.0°C · 128 mm rain
- Stamford in MarchUnited States · 32 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -0.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Danbury in MarchUnited States · 33 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -1.5°C · 106 mm rain
- Waterbury in MarchUnited States · 44 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -1.4°C · 106 mm rain
- Greenburgh in MarchUnited States · 57 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -0.5°C · 105 mm rain
- New Britain in MarchUnited States · 64 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -1.9°C · 103 mm rain
- Yonkers in MarchUnited States · 66 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -0.6°C · 105 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.