Bridgeport, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Bridgeport's normal year runs from 31°F January nights to 96°F July afternoons, with 33.3 inches of precipitation and 2 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.8°C, January lows of −1°C, July highs of 35°C, 847 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBridgeport
- Station IDUSC00411063
- Location33.21°N 97.78°W
- Elevation769 ft (234 m)
- Population6,763
On October 23, the normal high in Bridgeport is 76°F and the normal low 49°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 19%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Bridgeport.
- Jan 56° 31°
- Feb 60° 35°
- Mar 68° 42°
- Apr 76° 51°
- May 83° 61°
- Jun 91° 69°
- Jul 96° 72°
- Aug 96° 71°
- Sep 88° 64°
- Oct 78° 52°
- Nov 67° 41°
- Dec 58° 33°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Bridgeport each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 96°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 31°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.55 in), the least in January (1.67 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56°F | 31°F | 43.5°F | 1.67 | 0.6 | 5 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 60°F | 35°F | 47.3°F | 2.21 | 0.5 | 5 | <1 | 12 | 11 h |
| March | 68°F | 42°F | 54.8°F | 2.84 | 0.0 | 6 | <1 | 5 | 12 h |
| April | 76°F | 51°F | 63.3°F | 3.04 | 0.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 83°F | 61°F | 71.8°F | 4.55 | 0.0 | 7 | 7 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 91°F | 69°F | 80.0°F | 3.73 | 0.0 | 6 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 96°F | 72°F | 83.9°F | 2.07 | 0.0 | 4 | 28 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 96°F | 71°F | 83.5°F | 2.18 | 0.0 | 5 | 26 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 88°F | 64°F | 76.2°F | 3.04 | 0.0 | 5 | 15 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 78°F | 52°F | 65.2°F | 3.91 | 0.0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 67°F | 41°F | 53.9°F | 2.19 | 0.3 | 5 | <1 | 7 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 58°F | 33°F | 45.3°F | 1.91 | 0.2 | 5 | <1 | 17 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 76°F | 52°F | 64.0°F | 33.34 | 1.8 | 64 | 101 | 61 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | −1°C | 6.4°C | 42 mm | 2 cm |
| February | 16°C | 1°C | 8.5°C | 56 mm | 1 cm |
| March | 20°C | 6°C | 12.7°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 24°C | 11°C | 17.4°C | 77 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 28°C | 16°C | 22.1°C | 116 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 33°C | 21°C | 26.7°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 35°C | 22°C | 28.8°C | 53 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 36°C | 22°C | 28.6°C | 55 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 31°C | 18°C | 24.6°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 26°C | 11°C | 18.4°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 19°C | 5°C | 12.2°C | 56 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 14°C | 0°C | 7.4°C | 49 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00411063; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Bridgeport?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, November has the fewest days with rain (5).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00411063.
When is the last frost in Bridgeport?
In Bridgeport, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 29 in half of years and after April 16 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 7 in half of years and before October 25 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- March 291 year in 10 after April 16; 9 in 10 after March 11
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 71 year in 10 before October 25; 9 in 10 before November 23
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 222 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 245 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 15 in half of springs and before November 16 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bridgeport in zone 8a in ZIP code 76426, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Bridgeport's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 12°F (15 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Texas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00411063; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Bridgeport?
In a normal year in Bridgeport, 101 days a year reach 90°F (23 of them 100°F or more), 61 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 64 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 101a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 23a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 61a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 64a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1935) is 115°F, on June 29, 1980; the lowest is −8°F, on December 23, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1981, with 54.10 in; the snowiest season is 1977–78, with 22.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00411063; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00411063. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Bridgeport?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Bridgeport, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 2.9 |
| February | 72% | 3.5 |
| March | 74% | 4.6 |
| April | 77% | 5.6 |
| May | 77% | 6.0 |
| June | 85% | 6.9 |
| July | 88% | 6.9 |
| August | 87% | 6.3 |
| September | 84% | 5.2 |
| October | 81% | 4.1 |
| November | 79% | 3.1 |
| December | 75% | 2.6 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Bridgeport need?
A normal year in Bridgeport brings 2,728 heating degree days, 49% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,410 cooling degree days, 2.7 times the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,914 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 668 | 1 |
| February | 499 | 4 |
| March | 337 | 21 |
| April | 129 | 76 |
| May | 23 | 234 |
| June | 0 | 450 |
| July | 0 | 584 |
| August | 0 | 573 |
| September | 7 | 341 |
| October | 104 | 108 |
| November | 349 | 15 |
| December | 613 | 2 |
| Year (annual) | 2,728 | 2,410 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00411063. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
How does Bridgeport's climate compare?
Bridgeport is warmer than 94 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 176. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 64.0°F is warmer than 85%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Bridgeport is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Bridgeport share this climate record?
4 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Runaway Bay, TX2,123 people · 6 mi W
- Chico, TX1,103 people · 6 mi N
- Paradise, TX765 people · 6 mi SE
- Lake Bridgeport, TX387 people · 3 mi W
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Bridgeport's climate
What is the coldest month in Bridgeport?
January, with a normal high of 56°F and a normal low of 31°F. The warmest is July (96°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Bridgeport?
Yes: 2 inches in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (0.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Bridgeport?
May, with 4.55 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.67 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Bridgeport in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Bridgeport in zone 8a in ZIP code 76426, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Bridgeport's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 12°F (15 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Bridgeport?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 29; in one year in ten it comes after April 16. Waiting until April 16 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Decatur, TX9 miles from this station, 65.0°F a year
- Alvord, TX13 miles from this station, 63.5°F a year
- Jacksboro, TX23 miles from this station, 63.5°F a year
- Bowie, TX24 miles from this station, 62.8°F a year
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