Connecticut weather by city
VSWeather covers 66 cities and towns in Connecticut, from Bridgeport (population 148,012) down to Byram (population 5,011). Bridgeport is the state's sunniest covered city at 204 sunny days a year. Winsted is its snowiest at 58 in of snow in an average winter. Every figure is a 30 year average for 1991 to 2020.
Connecticut climate standouts
The top 10 covered cities in the state for each measure.
Sunniest
- 1Bridgeport 204 sunny days
- 2Milford 204 sunny days
- 3Shelton 204 sunny days
- 4Orange 204 sunny days
- 5Derby 204 sunny days
- 6Trumbull Center 204 sunny days
- 7Long Hill 204 sunny days
- 8Staples 204 sunny days
- 9Daniels Farm 204 sunny days
- 10New Haven 202 sunny days
Snowiest
- 1Winsted 58 in of snow
- 2Torrington 55 in of snow
- 3Windsor Locks 51 in of snow
- 4Southwood Acres 49 in of snow
- 5Danbury 49 in of snow
- 6Sherwood Manor 49 in of snow
- 7New Milford 49 in of snow
- 8Hazardville 49 in of snow
- 9Thompsonville 49 in of snow
- 10Simsbury Center 49 in of snow
Rainiest
- 1Winsted 135 wet days a year
- 2Torrington 132 wet days a year
- 3Danbury 130 wet days a year
- 4Bristol 130 wet days a year
- 5New Milford 130 wet days a year
- 6Putnam 130 wet days a year
- 7Terryville 130 wet days a year
- 8Sandy Hook 129 wet days a year
- 9Willimantic 127 wet days a year
- 10Storrs 127 wet days a year
Warmest
- 1Bridgeport 53 °F average
- 2Stamford 53 °F average
- 3Norwalk 53 °F average
- 4Milford 53 °F average
- 5Riverside 53 °F average
- 6Cos Cob 53 °F average
- 7New Canaan 53 °F average
- 8Staples 53 °F average
- 9Old Greenwich 53 °F average
- 10Noroton 53 °F average
Popular Connecticut comparisons
The state's biggest cities, head to head.
All covered Connecticut cities and towns
Every place links to its full climate profile.
- Ansonia
- Bethel
- Branford Center
- Bridgeport
- Bristol
- Byram
- Cheshire Village
- Conning Towers-Nautilus Park
- Cos Cob
- Danbury
- Daniels Farm
- Derby
- East Hartford
- East Haven
- Glastonbury Center
- Greenwich
- Groton
- Hartford
- Hazardville
- Kensington
- Long Hill
- Manchester
- Meriden
- Middletown
- Milford
- Naugatuck
- New Britain
- New Canaan
- New Haven
- New London
- New Milford
- Newington
- Noroton
- North Haven
- Northford
- Norwalk
- Norwich
- Oakville
- Old Greenwich
- Orange
- Pawcatuck
- Portland
- Putnam
- Ridgefield
- Riverside
- Rockville
- Sandy Hook
- Shelton
- Sherwood Manor
- Simsbury Center
- Southwood Acres
- Stamford
- Staples
- Storrs
- Terryville
- Thompsonville
- Torrington
- Trumbull Center
- Wallingford Center
- Waterbury
- West Hartford
- West Haven
- Wethersfield
- Willimantic
- Windsor Locks
- Winsted
National rankings
See how Connecticut cities place among the sunniest cities and snowiest cities and more in the US city weather rankings.
About this data
Figures are 30 year averages for 1991 to 2020, computed from daily climate history at each city's own coordinates. Sunny days count clear plus partly cloudy days; snowfall is anchored to NOAA station measurements. Methods and sources are described on the data sources page.
Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5, ERA5-Land).