Your nature year
Bridgeport, Connecticutthrough the year
Also for Stamford, CT, New Haven, CT, Norwalk, CT, Danbury, CT, West Haven, CT, Milford, CT, Shelton, CT, Naugatuck, CT: the same nearby places.
When do frost, green-up and fall color come to Bridgeport?
For a day trip, McKinney Refuge is 38 miles off; its fall foliage is usually at its best Oct 11–31. Bridgeport sits close to sea level, at about 44 feet. Bridgeport usually sees its last spring frost around Apr 5 and its first fall frost around Nov 6, a frost-free stretch of about 215 days at NOAA's Igor I Sikorsky Mem Airport station, 3.9 miles away. About 4 weeks pass between first leaf and first bloom here. Leaves usually come out around Apr 2 and the first flowers around May 2. Within 150 miles we follow 10 places, out to Saratoga Springs 134 miles to the north.
Updated Sep 27. Sources: US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer (places) ↗ (opens in a new tab), US Census Bureau, city and town population estimates, 2024 ↗ (opens in a new tab), NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Bridgeport's year at a glance
- Frost possible
- Frost-free, ~Apr 5 to ~Nov 6
- First leaf ~Apr 2
- First bloom ~May 2
- Today
Near Bridgeport right now
- First fall frost usually around Nov 6 · last spring frost around Apr 5NOAA 1991–2020 normals, Igor I Sikorsky Mem Airport (3.9 mi, 50% dates)~6 weeks
- Fall foliage · McKinney Refuge · 38 miusually Oct 11–31~13 days
Bridgeport's nature year
- Spring green-upApr
- Last spring frostApr
- Fall foliage · McKinney RefugeOct
- First fall frostNov
Nearby, season by season
Fall foliage
- McKinney Refuge · 38 miusually Oct 11–31~13 days
- Bear Mountain and West Point · 43 miStatewide: usually well under way by mid-October~3 weeks
- New York City · 49 miStatewide: usually well under way by mid-October~3 weeks
Snow in Bridgeport
Snow usually becomes possible around Dec 20 (our calculation from NOAA's daily snow chances: the first day the chance of 0.1" or more of snow reaches 10%). NOAA's normals at Igor I Sikorsky Mem Airport (3.9 mi away): 34 inches of snow in an average year, about 9.1 days with 1 inch or more.
NOAA's chance of at least 0.1 inch of snow on each date (one value per week, September to May), averaged over 1991–2020. A typical year, not a forecast.
Frost and green-up
Last spring frost
Apr 5
Average (50% date)
First fall frost
Nov 6
About 215 days without frost between
Spring green-up
Apr 2
First bloom around May 2
Frost: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals at Igor I Sikorsky Mem Airport (3.9 mi from Bridgeport), the day a 32 °F night is as likely as not. Green-up: the USA-NPN Spring Index, 1991–2020 average at the town.
Questions people ask
When is the first frost in Bridgeport?
On average around Nov 6, and the last spring frost around Apr 5: about 215 days without frost between. These are NOAA's 1991–2020 normals at Igor I Sikorsky Mem Airport, 3.9 miles away (the day a 32 °F night is as likely as not).
When does spring green-up reach Bridgeport?
The USA-NPN Spring Index puts first leaf around Apr 2 and first bloom around May 2, on average for 1991–2020 at the town.
Where can I see fall foliage near Bridgeport?
McKinney Refuge, 38 miles (usually Oct 11–31); Bear Mountain and West Point, 43 miles (statewide: usually well under way by mid-October); New York City, 49 miles (statewide: usually well under way by mid-October). Distances are straight-line.
When does it start snowing in Bridgeport?
Snow usually becomes possible around Dec 20: our calculation from NOAA's daily snow chances: the first day the chance of 0.1" or more of snow reaches 10%, at Igor I Sikorsky Mem Airport. An average year brings 34 inches (NOAA 1991–2020). A typical year, not a forecast.Sources: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal snowfall) ↗ (opens in a new tab), NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (daily snowfall probabilities) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
How we know
US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer (places) (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · US Census Bureau, city and town population estimates, 2024 (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal) (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · USA National Phenology Network, Spring Index 1991–2020 averages (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27)