Bridgton, ME Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Bridgton's primary NOAA station, BRIDGTON 3 NW.
The climate verdict for Bridgton
Water is the standout signal in Bridgton, Maine: 50.6 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 44°F. At 34/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 2% of scores.
- 44°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 34/100
- comfort score, above 2% of station-mapped location scores
- 50.6"
- annual precipitation · 84" snow
- 153 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Bridgton: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00170844 · Bridgton, ME 44°F mean · 50.6" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 44°F
- RANK-COOL #961
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rawlins
- PRCP-WET 50.6"
- SWING-WIDE 50°F
- COMF-LOW 34/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,972 HDD
- STN-1 USC00170844
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Rawlins, WY (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every ME station list.
- Bridgton (this station) 44°F
- Cold Joliet, MT 44°F
- Hot Buckboard Marina, WY 44°F
- Near Rawlins, WY 44°F
- Near Dayton, WY 44°F
Bridgton sits in Maine, the #4 coldest U.S. state at 43.1°F statewide annual average - see all 50 coldest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · Bridgton
Bridgton: 25/100 · grade F
Bridgton publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Bridgton, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 34/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 50.6 in · 15.6 from 35 in | 45/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 173 calendar days | 30/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 153 days/year | 28/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 43.8°F · 23.7° from 67.5°F | 15/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 83.9 inches/year | 5/100 · F |
Bridgton · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Bridgton is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 17.6°F and warmest-month mean 67.7°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 67.7°F
- Coldest month
- 17.6°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Bridgton sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Bridgton's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 86%
- Among 6,861 stations, Bridgton sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 18% wettest
- Bridgton's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 81%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Bridgton is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Bridgton compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Bridgton's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
34 2nd percentile score exceeds 2% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). This entry sits in this band.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Above this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Bridgton's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 32 complete annual observations from 1956 to 2018, BRIDGTON 3 NW warmed at a fitted rate of 0.14°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Bridgton primary station fitted change +0.14 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28°F (-2°C) | 7°F (-14°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 3.5" | 20.6" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 31°F (0°C) | 8°F (-13°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 3.6" | 22.0" | 27.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 40°F (5°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 3.9" | 16.7" | 29.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 54°F (12°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 4.4" | 3.5" | 20.4 | 0.1 |
| May | 66°F (19°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 2.9 | 0.1 |
| June | 73°F (23°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| July | 78°F (26°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| August | 76°F (25°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| September | 69°F (21°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| October | 57°F (14°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 5.5" | 0.4" | 10.8 | 0.0 |
| November | 45°F (7°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 4.3" | 4.2" | 23.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 34°F (1°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 4.6" | 16.5" | 30.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 78°F around July 16, short of 90°F on every date, while 173 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 5°F near January 27.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 20, then returns to freezing around October 31, covering 173 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is June 23, when 40% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is March 19 at 28%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 120 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 2 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Bridgton.
Where Bridgton Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 51 inches.
Bridgton earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 20.6"
9.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 22.0"
8.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 16.7"
8.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.5"
9.5 days with precipitation
11.0 days with precipitation
12.3 days with precipitation
11.5 days with precipitation
10.0 days with precipitation
8.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
10.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.2"
9.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 16.5"
10.7 days with precipitation
Bridgton spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 26% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Bridgton has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 50.1°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 5.5" and January 3.5". The three wettest months together take 29% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Bridgton, it arrives in quantity
50.6" of precipitation falls across only about 120 wet days here, averaging 0.42 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 120 a year, 33% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.42 inches
- Most wet days
- June, about 12
- Fewest wet days
- February, about 8
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Winter brings real snow to Bridgton
Bridgton averages 83.9 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 28 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 83.9 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 28 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 17% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 5
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 5
50% probability date
Growing Season
153 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,972
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
274
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside ME closest to Bridgton on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (44°F here).
- Buffalo, MN 44°F · 0.0°F off
- Choteau, MT 44°F · 0.0°F off
- Hamer, ID 44°F · 0.0°F off
- Harlowton, MT 44°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (50.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Estell Manor, NJ 50.6" · 0.0" off
- Wynne, AR 50.6" · 0.0" off
- Hallsville, TX 50.6" · 0.0" off
- Olympia, WA 50.6" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Bridgton
heating led · wet · mid swing
Bridgton's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,972 annual heating degree days against 274 for cooling. Its 50.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Bridgton's frost-free season lasts about 153 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Bridgton coldest normal
January
Averaging 18°F (-8°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Bridgton typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Bridgton snow peak
February
Bridgton averages 83.9 inches of snow a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Bridgton's primary station: BRIDGTON 3 NW (USC00170844). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as a census-designated place (GEOID 2307135), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Bridgton: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Bridgton comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.