Climate averages 1991–2020
Bridgeport weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Bridgeport: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Norwalk (20 km away). In May its highs average 19.5°C, 0.5°C warmer than Bridgeport, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Bridgeport ranks 448th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 309th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Bridgeport is 4.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 92 mm to 97 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Norwalk in MayUnited States · 20 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.2°C · 85 mm rain
- New Haven in MayUnited States · 26 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 10.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Stamford in MayUnited States · 32 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Danbury in MayUnited States · 33 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.2°C · 99 mm rain
- Waterbury in MayUnited States · 44 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 10.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Greenburgh in MayUnited States · 57 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 87 mm rain
- New Britain in MayUnited States · 64 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 9.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Yonkers in MayUnited States · 66 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.2°C · 91 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.