Bristol is warming faster than most towns
Bristol has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 82°, a January night drops to 23°, and about 37 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. Normal November highs come to 53°, and lows to 37°.
Getting the latest forecast from the National Weather Service…
What stands out about Bristol’s weather
Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.
Where today sits in Bristol’s year
Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.
Weather talk
Road reports, first frosts and storm memories from neighbors in Bristol.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Bristol itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Providence T F Green Airport, RI (9 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.