Bridgeport Weather in May
Average highs run from 63°F on May 1 to 71°F on May 31, and lows from 28°F to 36°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.68 in over about 4 wet days.
May day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
May at a glance
- Average high
- 67°F
- Average low
- 32°F
- Precipitation
- 0.68 in
- Snowfall
- 0.8 in
- Record high
- 88°FMay 30, 1986
- Record low
- 6°FMay 3, 1973
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 13 h 48 min to 14 h 38 min
- Cloud cover
- 44%
- Humidity
- 43%
- Dew point
- 29°F
- Wind
- 6.9 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 63°F | 28°F | 80°F 1981 | 12°F 1967 | 10% | 3% |
| May 2 | 63°F | 28°F | 77°F 2013 | 12°F 1961 | 10% | 3% |
| May 3 | 63°F | 28°F | 78°F 1937 | 6°F 1973 | 10% | 3% |
| May 4 | 63°F | 28°F | 78°F 1989 | 12°F 1975 | 10% | 3% |
| May 5 | 64°F | 29°F | 80°F 1987 | 9°F 1961 | 10% | 3% |
| May 6 | 64°F | 29°F | 80°F 1987 | 8°F 1977 | 10% | 2% |
| May 7 | 64°F | 29°F | 79°F 2021 | 8°F 1977 | 10% | 2% |
| May 8 | 65°F | 30°F | 78°F 2001 | 14°F 1975 | 10% | 2% |
| May 9 | 65°F | 30°F | 80°F 1960 | 16°F 1933 | 11% | 2% |
| May 10 | 65°F | 30°F | 80°F 1960 | 11°F 2016 | 11% | 2% |
| May 11 | 65°F | 30°F | 81°F 1994 | 11°F 1970 | 11% | 2% |
| May 12 | 66°F | 31°F | 82°F 1959 | 13°F 1967 | 11% | 2% |
| May 13 | 66°F | 31°F | 80°F 1976 | 14°F 1961 | 11% | 2% |
| May 14 | 66°F | 31°F | 80°F 1934 | 12°F 1968 | 11% | 2% |
| May 15 | 66°F | 32°F | 79°F 1997 | 14°F 1995 | 11% | 2% |
| May 16 | 67°F | 32°F | 82°F 1992 | 11°F 1906 | 11% | 2% |
| May 17 | 67°F | 32°F | 83°F 2008 | 10°F 1906 | 11% | 2% |
| May 18 | 67°F | 32°F | 84°F 2008 | 13°F 1906 | 11% | 2% |
| May 19 | 68°F | 33°F | 84°F 2009 | 12°F 1960 | 11% | 2% |
| May 20 | 68°F | 33°F | 85°F 2008 | 16°F 1974 | 12% | 2% |
| May 21 | 68°F | 33°F | 83°F 1934 | 13°F 1906 | 12% | 2% |
| May 22 | 69°F | 33°F | 82°F 1967 | 10°F 1960 | 12% | 2% |
| May 23 | 69°F | 34°F | 84°F 2001 | 11°F 2019 | 12% | 2% |
| May 24 | 69°F | 34°F | 84°F 2001 | 16°F 1906 | 12% | 2% |
| May 25 | 69°F | 34°F | 84°F 1983 | 13°F 2020 | 12% | 2% |
| May 26 | 70°F | 34°F | 83°F 1984 | 13°F 2020 | 11% | 2% |
| May 27 | 70°F | 35°F | 85°F 1983 | 19°F 1973 | 11% | 2% |
| May 28 | 70°F | 35°F | 87°F 1984 | 18°F 1906 | 11% | 2% |
| May 29 | 71°F | 35°F | 86°F 1986 | 12°F 1906 | 11% | 2% |
| May 30 | 71°F | 35°F | 88°F 1986 | 12°F 1906 | 11% | 2% |
| May 31 | 71°F | 36°F | 87°F 1986 | 19°F 1971 | 11% | 1% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (PDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:00 AM, sunset 7:48 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:36 AM, sunset 8:14 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00041072 (Bridgeport), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00041072, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.