Bridgewater climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bridgewater?

Bridgewater has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.8 °C and it receives 1,144 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bridgewater?

The hottest day measured in Bridgewater between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 1966, reaching 40.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bridgewater?

The coldest day measured in Bridgewater between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1984, at -26.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bridgewater?

Yes. Bridgewater gets on average 64.7 cm of snow per year and has around 90 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Bridgewater warmed?

Yes: Bridgewater warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bridgewater?

The wettest day measured in Bridgewater between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 1999, with 149 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bridgewater?

The windiest day measured in Bridgewater between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 1950, with winds reaching 52.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bridgewater?

The warmest month in Bridgewater is July (24.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bridgewater?

Bridgewater receives on average 1,144 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bridgewater?

Bridgewater gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bridgewater (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.8 °C and it receives 1,144 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (24.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Bridgewater averages 90 frost days, 34 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 121 rainy days per year.

Bridgewater has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 99 to 81 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.6 °C (on 3 July 1966) and the coldest -26.3 °C (on 22 January 1984).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

BridgewaterNew Jersey

coords: 40.60°, -74.65°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

DfaHot-summer humid continentalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

11.8°C

Average daily high

16.6°C

Average daily low

7.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,144mm

Sunshine / day

8.7h

Mean relative humidity

68%

Average peak wind

15.7km/h

Seasonal range

24.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

90 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

34 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

121 d/yr

Annual snowfall

64.7 cm

Average feels-like high

15.2 °C

Average feels-like low

4.9 °C

Average peak gust

37.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

35 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

40.6 °C

3 July 1966

Coldest day

-26.3 °C

22 January 1984

Wettest day

149 mm

16 September 1999

Windiest day

52.6 km/h

25 November 1950

Strongest gust

146.9 km/h

25 November 1950

Hottest feels-like

44.8 °C

22 July 2011

Coldest feels-like

-31.8 °C

22 January 1984

Snowiest day

33.9 cm

23 January 2016

Sunniest day

14.1 h

15 June 2024

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	37.6 °C24 June 2025	-14.5 °C22 January 2025	12.5 °C	1,023 mm	40	93
2024	36.6 °C16 July 2024	-15.3 °C23 December 2024	13.4 °C	1,127 mm	42	61
2023	35.1 °C2 June 2023	-14.2 °C4 February 2023	13.4 °C	1,257 mm	30	61
2022	36.4 °C24 July 2022	-16.0 °C31 January 2022	13.0 °C	1,171 mm	55	95
2021	36.3 °C30 June 2021	-10.0 °C8 February 2021	13.2 °C	1,232 mm	43	80
2020	36.1 °C5 July 2020	-12.8 °C19 December 2020	13.4 °C	1,147 mm	47	60
2019	35.8 °C21 July 2019	-16.8 °C31 January 2019	12.7 °C	1,241 mm	42	92
2018	35.3 °C2 July 2018	-17.5 °C7 January 2018	12.6 °C	1,547 mm	43	87
2017	35.6 °C13 June 2017	-14.2 °C9 January 2017	13.0 °C	1,134 mm	37	74
2016	36.0 °C23 July 2016	-16.3 °C14 February 2016	13.2 °C	932 mm	61	75
2015	35.2 °C19 July 2015	-18.3 °C20 February 2015	12.7 °C	986 mm	50	90
2014	34.1 °C2 July 2014	-21.7 °C4 January 2014	11.2 °C	1,092 mm	26	101
2013	35.3 °C18 July 2013	-12.8 °C23 January 2013	11.9 °C	1,131 mm	28	96
2012	39.1 °C18 July 2012	-12.1 °C4 January 2012	13.6 °C	954 mm	48	67
2011	40.4 °C22 July 2011	-17.8 °C24 January 2011	13.0 °C	1,604 mm	42	88
2010	39.5 °C6 July 2010	-12.4 °C30 December 2010	13.2 °C	1,042 mm	71	86
2009	34.2 °C10 August 2009	-14.5 °C17 January 2009	11.8 °C	1,259 mm	19	88
2008	37.7 °C10 June 2008	-12.8 °C11 February 2008	12.3 °C	1,203 mm	35	89
2007	35.6 °C9 July 2007	-13.7 °C5 February 2007	12.5 °C	1,059 mm	49	88
2006	37.6 °C3 August 2006	-10.9 °C19 February 2006	13.2 °C	1,298 mm	45	69
2005	37.4 °C27 July 2005	-18.7 °C29 January 2005	12.4 °C	1,039 mm	54	90
2004	34.1 °C9 June 2004	-18.2 °C25 January 2004	11.9 °C	1,267 mm	24	89
2003	34.4 °C5 July 2003	-19.0 °C18 January 2003	11.2 °C	1,430 mm	24	97
2002	37.9 °C4 July 2002	-10.0 °C7 December 2002	12.8 °C	1,065 mm	54	75
2001	39.2 °C9 August 2001	-14.2 °C23 January 2001	12.6 °C	817 mm	37	86
2000	33.7 °C10 July 2000	-15.8 °C18 January 2000	11.4 °C	1,007 mm	19	93
1999	37.3 °C5 July 1999	-12.5 °C2 January 1999	12.5 °C	1,157 mm	44	80
1998	35.2 °C22 July 1998	-14.9 °C1 January 1998	13.3 °C	1,004 mm	46	57
1997	36.7 °C17 July 1997	-16.9 °C19 January 1997	11.6 °C	964 mm	39	86
1996	34.3 °C20 May 1996	-20.3 °C5 February 1996	11.1 °C	1,488 mm	9	86
1995	39.5 °C15 July 1995	-17.2 °C8 February 1995	12.1 °C	977 mm	47	94
1994	35.4 °C19 June 1994	-21.2 °C19 January 1994	11.9 °C	1,308 mm	32	91
1993	37.5 °C10 July 1993	-20.0 °C7 February 1993	12.0 °C	1,128 mm	49	86
1992	35.9 °C14 July 1992	-12.9 °C19 January 1992	11.2 °C	1,031 mm	21	93
1991	37.2 °C23 July 1991	-13.9 °C23 January 1991	13.0 °C	1,082 mm	60	83
1990	35.5 °C4 July 1990	-16.5 °C26 February 1990	12.9 °C	1,188 mm	26	66
1989	34.0 °C10 September 1989	-15.4 °C23 December 1989	11.3 °C	1,474 mm	25	102
1988	37.4 °C17 July 1988	-24.2 °C11 January 1988	11.4 °C	1,036 mm	52	98
1987	34.8 °C21 July 1987	-21.0 °C28 January 1987	11.7 °C	1,229 mm	39	90
1986	36.8 °C6 July 1986	-16.1 °C29 January 1986	11.7 °C	1,238 mm	29	93
1985	34.8 °C14 August 1985	-21.9 °C21 January 1985	11.8 °C	970 mm	21	91
1984	35.2 °C13 June 1984	-26.3 °C22 January 1984	11.6 °C	1,342 mm	25	82
1983	36.4 °C15 July 1983	-17.0 °C25 December 1983	11.9 °C	1,461 mm	51	81
1982	34.5 °C19 July 1982	-20.6 °C17 January 1982	11.2 °C	979 mm	12	92
1981	34.7 °C9 July 1981	-24.6 °C12 January 1981	11.3 °C	1,004 mm	29	92
1980	37.6 °C21 July 1980	-17.3 °C25 December 1980	11.4 °C	880 mm	51	101
1979	33.9 °C10 August 1979	-23.2 °C18 February 1979	11.5 °C	1,389 mm	20	81
1978	35.7 °C23 July 1978	-19.1 °C5 February 1978	10.4 °C	1,340 mm	26	104
1977	35.8 °C19 July 1977	-19.9 °C17 January 1977	11.4 °C	1,275 mm	31	99
1976	33.0 °C18 April 1976	-18.2 °C23 January 1976	11.1 °C	1,005 mm	33	102
1975	35.2 °C2 August 1975	-12.4 °C10 February 1975	12.1 °C	1,317 mm	22	84
1974	34.9 °C9 July 1974	-17.4 °C10 February 1974	11.9 °C	1,085 mm	30	91
1973	34.7 °C28 August 1973	-14.9 °C17 February 1973	12.2 °C	1,321 mm	27	73
1972	34.1 °C23 July 1972	-18.5 °C23 February 1972	11.1 °C	1,516 mm	26	94
1971	35.7 °C8 July 1971	-19.1 °C3 February 1971	11.8 °C	1,273 mm	31	85
1970	34.4 °C23 September 1970	-19.6 °C20 January 1970	11.5 °C	978 mm	42	99
1969	34.6 °C17 July 1969	-13.4 °C25 December 1969	11.3 °C	1,241 mm	22	108
1968	36.7 °C1 July 1968	-18.3 °C9 January 1968	11.4 °C	988 mm	41	97
1967	35.2 °C16 June 1967	-22.8 °C13 February 1967	10.7 °C	1,143 mm	23	99
1966	40.6 °C3 July 1966	-16.2 °C29 January 1966	11.3 °C	929 mm	46	93
1965	34.5 °C27 May 1965	-18.5 °C15 January 1965	11.0 °C	718 mm	38	98
1964	36.3 °C30 June 1964	-16.9 °C15 January 1964	11.4 °C	925 mm	39	99
1963	36.7 °C27 June 1963	-20.0 °C29 January 1963	10.8 °C	929 mm	24	102
1962	35.2 °C19 May 1962	-19.4 °C11 February 1962	10.6 °C	973 mm	27	109
1961	34.0 °C2 July 1961	-24.7 °C22 January 1961	11.1 °C	1,209 mm	34	94
1960	32.8 °C29 August 1960	-18.8 °C23 December 1960	10.8 °C	1,250 mm	17	107
1959	36.0 °C29 June 1959	-14.3 °C23 December 1959	12.2 °C	1,160 mm	49	94
1958	33.1 °C2 July 1958	-17.1 °C11 February 1958	10.5 °C	1,314 mm	27	87
1957	36.7 °C21 July 1957	-21.3 °C15 January 1957	12.0 °C	944 mm	36	82
1956	35.6 °C2 July 1956	-10.0 °C18 March 1956	11.2 °C	1,148 mm	21	88
1955	37.8 °C22 July 1955	-17.8 °C3 February 1955	11.9 °C	978 mm	47	104
1954	37.9 °C31 July 1954	-19.1 °C18 January 1954	11.8 °C	1,004 mm	29	88
1953	38.7 °C2 September 1953	-10.4 °C18 December 1953	12.7 °C	1,101 mm	44	70
1952	36.7 °C26 June 1952	-15.8 °C30 January 1952	11.9 °C	1,331 mm	35	80
1951	34.1 °C27 July 1951	-16.6 °C17 December 1951	11.8 °C	1,154 mm	30	85
1950	32.9 °C26 June 1950	-14.3 °C27 December 1950	11.2 °C	1,081 mm	21	102
1949	36.5 °C10 August 1949	-17.4 °C20 March 1949	12.7 °C	963 mm	41	82
1948	36.6 °C26 August 1948	-20.9 °C19 January 1948	11.0 °C	1,248 mm	24	97
1947	34.4 °C15 August 1947	-14.4 °C5 February 1947	11.3 °C	1,058 mm	18	105
1946	33.2 °C19 July 1946	-14.6 °C28 January 1946	12.0 °C	1,027 mm	16	77
1945	33.8 °C30 June 1945	-19.4 °C25 January 1945	11.2 °C	1,416 mm	19	92
1944	35.4 °C5 August 1944	-16.8 °C22 December 1944	11.2 °C	1,183 mm	40	110
1943	34.6 °C26 June 1943	-20.0 °C16 February 1943	10.8 °C	964 mm	32	114
1942	33.6 °C19 July 1942	-21.1 °C11 January 1942	11.1 °C	1,233 mm	17	99
1941	34.6 °C28 July 1941	-14.1 °C10 February 1941	11.3 °C	993 mm	28	109
1940	33.6 °C26 July 1940	-16.9 °C29 January 1940	10.2 °C	1,253 mm	11	107

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

17.3 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

40 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

93 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1023 mm

-121 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	2.2 °C	-0.9 °C	27 mm	-57 mm
Feb	5.2 °C	+0.4 °C	80 mm	+0 mm
Mar	14.3 °C	+4.5 °C	113 mm	+10 mm
Apr	17.8 °C	+1.6 °C	105 mm	+7 mm
May	21.4 °C	-0.4 °C	180 mm	+77 mm
Jun	27.4 °C	+0.7 °C	70 mm	-27 mm
Jul	30.9 °C	+1.6 °C	152 mm	+40 mm
Aug	27.5 °C	-0.5 °C	25 mm	-82 mm
Sep	25.9 °C	+1.7 °C	80 mm	-13 mm
Oct	18.9 °C	+0.8 °C	70 mm	-16 mm
Nov	11.7 °C	0.0 °C	54 mm	-35 mm
Dec	3.6 °C	-1.9 °C	69 mm	-25 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.6 °C

24 Jun 2025

Coldest day

-14.5 °C

22 Jan 2025

Wettest day

44.8 mm

31 May 2025

Windiest day

31.9 km/h

17 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

79.2 km/h

5 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.5 °C

23 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-19.6 °C

22 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

7.6 cm

14 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

14.1 h

12 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bridgewater?

Bridgewater has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.8 °C and it receives 1,144 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bridgewater?

The hottest day measured in Bridgewater between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 1966, reaching 40.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bridgewater?

The coldest day measured in Bridgewater between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1984, at -26.3 °C.

Does it snow in Bridgewater?

Yes. Bridgewater gets on average 64.7 cm of snow per year and has around 90 frost days.

Has the climate of Bridgewater warmed?

Yes: Bridgewater warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bridgewater?

The wettest day measured in Bridgewater between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 1999, with 149 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bridgewater?

The windiest day measured in Bridgewater between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 1950, with winds reaching 52.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bridgewater?

The warmest month in Bridgewater is July (24.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Bridgewater?

Bridgewater receives on average 1,144 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bridgewater?

Bridgewater gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bridgewater?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bridgewater between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 2016, with 33.9 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Bridgewater?

Yes: Bridgewater has on average 35 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bridgewater?

In Bridgewater, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.8 °C on 22 July 2011, and the lowest was -31.8 °C on 22 January 1984.

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